BISAC Subject Headings List, Psychology
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PSYCHOLOGY
Use subjects in this section for scholarly works, serious lay studies, or works aimed at psychology professionals. For works primarily intended to help people deal with personal issues or problems, use subjects in the FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS or SELF-HELP sections.| 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 |
| 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 |
| PSY022060 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Anxieties & Phobias |
| PSY022010 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD) |
| PSY022020 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| PSY022030 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Bipolar Disorder |
| PSY009000 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior |
| PSY049000 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression |
| PSY022070 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Dissociative Identity Disorder |
| PSY011000 | PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders |
| 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 |
If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.
NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
© 2012, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.