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Ego MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Ego
Tree Number(s)
F01.752.747.189
F02.739.794.206
Unique ID
D004532
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004532
Annotation
EGOCENTRISM is also available
Scope Note
The conscious portion of the personality structure which serves to mediate between the demands of the primitive instinctual drives, (the id), of internalized parental and social prohibitions or the conscience, (the superego), and of reality.
Entry Term(s)
Self
Previous Indexing
Defense Mechanisms (1966-1967)
Personality (1966-1967)
Psychoanalytic Theory (1966-1967)
See Also
Self Psychology
Public MeSH Note
68; SELF was heading 1965-68, was see under PERSONALITY 1963-64
Online Note
use EGO to search SELF 1969-75 & SELF CONCEPT 1966-68
History Note
68; SELF was heading 1965-68, was see under PERSONALITY 1963-64
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1996/06/13

No Qualifiers
Ego Preferred
Self Broader
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