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PSYCHOLOGY

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PSY000000   PSYCHOLOGY / General

                      PSYCHOLOGY / Abnormal Psychology see headings under Psychopathology

PSY054000   PSYCHOLOGY / Animal & Comparative Psychology

PSY003000   PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology

PSY042000   PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement

PSY057000   PSYCHOLOGY / Career Counseling *

PSY007000   PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology

PSY051000   PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology

PSY008000   PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

PSY058000   PSYCHOLOGY / Consulting Psychology *

PSY034000   PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability

PSY059000   PSYCHOLOGY / Cross-Cultural Psychology *

PSY050000   PSYCHOLOGY / Cultural Psychology

PSY039000   PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General

PSY002000   PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adolescent

PSY043000   PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging

PSY004000   PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child

PSY044000   PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Education & School Psychology see EDUCATION / Educational Psychology *

PSY012000   PSYCHOLOGY / Education, Training & Supervision

PSY013000   PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions

PSY060000   PSYCHOLOGY / Environmental Psychology *

PSY055000   PSYCHOLOGY / Essays

PSY061000   PSYCHOLOGY / Ethics *

PSY053000   PSYCHOLOGY / Evolutionary Psychology

PSY040000   PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology

PSY014000   PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology

PSY062000   PSYCHOLOGY / Gender *

PSY052000   PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Group Psychology see Social Psychology

PSY063000   PSYCHOLOGY / Health Psychology *

PSY015000   PSYCHOLOGY / History

PSY016000   PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality)

PSY035000   PSYCHOLOGY / Hypnotism

PSY021000   PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology

PSY017000   PSYCHOLOGY / Interpersonal Relations

PSY064000   PSYCHOLOGY / LGBTQ+ (see also Psychotherapy / LGBTQ+) *

PSY036000   PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Illness see headings under Psychopathology

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Methodology see Research & Methodology

PSY020000   PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Occupational Psychology see Industrial & Organizational Psychology

PSY065000   PSYCHOLOGY / Parapsychology *

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Pathological Psychology see headings under Psychopathology

PSY023000   PSYCHOLOGY / Personality

PSY024000   PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology

PSY066000   PSYCHOLOGY / Positive Psychology *

PSY046000   PSYCHOLOGY / Practice Management

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Psychiatry see headings under MEDICAL / Psychiatry

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Psychoanalysis see Movements / Psychoanalysis

PSY067000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychology of Technology *

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

PSY022090   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Memory Disorders

PSY022080   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Personality Disorders

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

PSY022050   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia

                    PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopharmacology see MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology

PSY028000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General

PSY068000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Art & Music Therapy *

PSY045010   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism

PSY006000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent

PSY045070   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

PSY010000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling

PSY041000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family

PSY069000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Dialectical Behavior Therapy *

PSY070000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Emotion-Focused Therapy *

PSY045040   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Existential

PSY045050   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Gestalt

PSY048000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Group

PSY045020   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Humanistic

PSY071000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Integrative & Transtheoretical *

PSY045060   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Jungian

PSY056000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / LGBTQ+

PSY026000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis

PSY072000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychodynamic *

PSY073000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Spiritually Integrated *

PSY074000   PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Therapy Dynamics (see also Practice Management) *

PSY029000   PSYCHOLOGY / Reference

PSY030000   PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology

                     PSYCHOLOGY / Sexuality see Human Sexuality

PSY031000   PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology

                    PSYCHOLOGY / Sports & Exercise Psychology see SPORTS & RECREATION / Sports Psychology *

PSY032000   PSYCHOLOGY / Statistics

                      PSYCHOLOGY / Substance Abuse see Psychopathology / Addiction

PSY037000   PSYCHOLOGY / Suicide

                    PSYCHOLOGY / Testing & Measurement see Assessment, Testing & Measurement

PSY075000    PSYCHOLOGY / Trauma Psychology *

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