orthomolecular therapy

Preferred Label : orthomolecular therapy;

MeSH definition : The use of very large doses of vitamins or other naturally occurring substances normally present in the body, frequently for the treatment of mental disorders.;

MeSH synonym : therapies, megavitamin; therapies, orthomolecular; therapy, orthomolecular; orthomolecular therapies; therapy, megavitamin; megavitamin therapies; megavitamin therapy;

MeSH annotation : a psychother technique; note X ref: /adv eff permitted; DF: ORTHOMOL THER;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthomolecular therapy;

Details

Origin ID

D009974;

UMLS CUI

C0029340;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Orthomolecular Therapy [DeCS]
- Orthomolecular Therapy [NCIt concept]
- orthomolecular therapy [Disease (Nov.)]
Record concept(s)
- orthomolecular therapy [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- vitamins [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Orthomolecular Therapy [NCIt concept]
- orthomolecular therapy [Disease (Nov.)]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- megavitamin therapy [Disease (Nov.)]

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