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MeSH Heading: Illness Behavior
Tree Number(s): F01.145.499
Unique ID: D055809
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055809
Scope Note: Coordinate set of non-specific behavioral responses to non-psychiatric illness. These may include loss of APPETITE or LIBIDO; disinterest in ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; or withdrawal from social interaction.
Entry Term(s): Sickness Behavior
Previous Indexing: Sick Role (1975-2008)
See Also: Sick Role
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see Sick Role 1975-2008
History Note: 2009; use Sick Role 1975-2008
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Illness Behavior MeSH Descriptor Data 2025