BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS

2007 Edition
Approved: September 28, 2007
Posted: October 23, 2007
 

PSYCHOLOGY
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An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2007 Edition.

Step 2:  Once you have selected your major heading, determine the specific term which describes your book. 
 

PSY000000    PSYCHOLOGY / General

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Abnormal Psychology see headings under Psychopathology

PSY003000    PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology

PSY042000    PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement

PSY007000    PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology

PSY008000    PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology

PSY034000    PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability

PSY049000    PSYCHOLOGY / Depression

PSY039000    PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General

PSY002000    PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adolescent

PSY043000    PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging

PSY004000    PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child

PSY044000    PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development

PSY012000    PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training

PSY013000    PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions

PSY050000    PSYCHOLOGY / Ethnopsychology

PSY040000    PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology

PSY014000    PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Group Psychology see Social Psychology

PSY015000    PSYCHOLOGY / History

PSY016000    PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality

PSY035000    PSYCHOLOGY / Hypnotism

PSY021000    PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology

PSY017000    PSYCHOLOGY / Interpersonal Relations

PSY036000    PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health

PSY018000    PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Illness

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Methodology see Research & Methodology

PSY045000    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General

PSY045010    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Behaviorism

PSY045040    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Existential

PSY045050    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Gestalt

PSY045020    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Humanism

PSY045060    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Jungian

PSY026000    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Psychoanalysis

PSY045030    PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Transpersonal

PSY020000    PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Occupational Psychology see Industrial & Organizational Psychology

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Pathological Psychology see headings under Psychopathology

PSY023000    PSYCHOLOGY / Personality

PSY024000    PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology

PSY046000    PSYCHOLOGY / Practice Management

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Psychiatry see headings under MEDICAL / Psychiatry

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Psychoanalysis see Movements / Psychoanalysis

PSY022000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General

PSY038000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction

PSY022010    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)

PSY022020    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism

PSY009000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior

PSY011000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders

PSY022030    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Manic-Depressive Illness

PSY022040    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

PSY022050    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopharmacology see MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology

PSY028000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General

PSY006000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent

PSY010000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling

PSY041000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family

PSY048000    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Group

PSY029000    PSYCHOLOGY / Reference

PSY030000    PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Sexuality see Human Sexuality

PSY031000    PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology

PSY032000    PSYCHOLOGY / Statistics

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Substance Abuse see Psychopathology / Addiction

PSY037000    PSYCHOLOGY / Suicide

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Testing & Measurement see Assessment, Testing &
                     Measurement

 

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