"Risk-Taking" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Undertaking a task involving a challenge for achievement or a desirable goal in which there is a lack of certainty or a fear of failure. It may also include the exhibiting of certain behaviors whose outcomes may present a risk to the individual or to those associated with him or her.
| Descriptor ID |
D012309
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.722
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| Concept/Terms |
Risk Behavior- Risk Behavior
- Behavior, Risk
- Behaviors, Risk
- Risk Behaviors
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Risk-Taking".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Risk-Taking".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk-Taking" by people in Profiles.
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Trends in the youth risk behavior survey: Areas of great concern. J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2023 05; 36(2):63-64.
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Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes. Nat Commun. 2019 10 31; 10(1):4957.
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Using Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data to Create Change: A Guide for 21st-Century School Nurses. NASN Sch Nurse. 2020 Jan; 35(1):20-23.
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Depression among Youth Living with HIV/AIDS. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2019 07; 28(3):447-459.
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Racial Inequities in HIV Prevalence and Composition of Risk Networks Among People Who Inject Drugs in HIV Prevention Trial Network 037. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 12 01; 76(4):394-401.
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Pharmacologically distinct pramipexole-mediated akinesia vs. risk-taking in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2016 10 03; 70:77-84.
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Risk behaviours of an interrelated syphilis-infected sexual network of men who have sex with men. J Clin Nurs. 2016 Dec; 25(23-24):3597-3604.
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Sex and HIV serostatus differences in decision making under risk among substance-dependent individuals. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2016; 38(4):404-15.
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Psychiatric disorders, high-risk behaviors, and chronicity of episodes among predominantly African American homeless Chicago youth. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2014 Aug; 25(3):1201-16.
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Factors associated with substance use in adolescents with eating disorders. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Aug; 55(2):182-7.