"Sick Role" 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.
Set of expectations that exempt persons from responsibility for their illness and exempt them from usual responsibilities.
| Descriptor ID |
D012803
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.316.616.751
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| Concept/Terms |
Sick Role- Sick Role
- Role, Sick
- Roles, Sick
- Sick Roles
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sick Role" by people in Profiles.
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The concept of "the will to thrive" in mental health. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2012 Nov; 33(11):805-7.
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A 3-factor model for the FACIT-Sp. Psychooncology. 2008 Sep; 17(9):908-16.
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Preferences for a patient-centered role orientation: association with patient-information-seeking behavior and clinical markers of health. Ann Behav Med. 2008 Feb; 35(1):80-6.
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Ataque de nervios: relationship to anxiety sensitivity and dissociation predisposition. Depress Anxiety. 2008; 25(6):489-95.
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Understanding the link between anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation and behaviors in outpatients with bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 2007 Jan; 97(1-3):91-9.
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Explanatory models of illness: a study of within-culture variation. Cogn Psychol. 2006 Dec; 53(4):285-309.
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Predictors of depressive symptoms in persons with Alzheimer's disease. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2004 Mar; 59(2):P75-83.
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Religious struggle: prevalence, correlates and mental health risks in diabetic, congestive heart failure, and oncology patients. Int J Psychiatry Med. 2004; 34(2):179-96.
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Coping strategies for visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2003 Jul; 18(7):831-2.
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Association between depressive symptoms and mortality in medical inpatients. Psychosomatics. 2000 Sep-Oct; 41(5):426-32.