BISAC Subject Headings List
Psychology
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PSYCHOLOGY
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PSY000000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / General |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Abnormal Psychology see headings under Psychopathology |
PSY054000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Animal & Comparative Psychology |
PSY003000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology |
PSY042000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement |
PSY007000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology |
PSY051000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology |
PSY008000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
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 |
PSY055000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Essays |
PSY050000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Ethnopsychology |
PSY053000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Evolutionary Psychology |
PSY040000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology |
PSY014000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology |
PSY052000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Group Psychology see Social 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 |
PSY036000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Illness see headings under Psychopathology |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Methodology see Research & Methodology |
PSY045000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General |
PSY045010 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Behaviorism |
PSY045070 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
PSY045040 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Existential |
PSY045050 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Gestalt |
PSY045020 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Humanistic |
PSY045060 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Jungian |
PSY026000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Psychoanalysis |
PSY045030 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Transpersonal |
PSY020000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Occupational Psychology see Industrial & Organizational Psychology |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Pathological Psychology see headings under Psychopathology |
PSY023000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Personality |
PSY024000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology |
PSY046000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Practice Management |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Psychiatry see headings under MEDICAL / Psychiatry |
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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 |
PSY022090 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Memory Disorders |
PSY022080 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Personality Disorders |
PSY022040 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) |
PSY022050 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Schizophrenia |
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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 |
PSY056000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / LGBTQ+ |
PSY029000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Reference |
PSY030000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Sexuality see Human Sexuality |
PSY031000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology |
PSY032000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Statistics |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Substance Abuse see Psychopathology / Addiction |
PSY037000 |
PSYCHOLOGY / Suicide |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Testing & Measurement see Assessment, Testing & Measurement |
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