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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Illness Behavior

Preferred term

Illness Behavior  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Behavior, Sickness
  • Behaviors, Sickness
  • Sickness Behavior
  • Sickness Behaviors

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.

History note

  • 2009; use Sick Role 1975-2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055809

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