"Child, Abandoned" 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.
A child or adolescent who is deserted by parents or parent substitutes without regard for its future care.
| Descriptor ID |
D002670
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.097
|
| Concept/Terms |
Child, Abandoned- Child, Abandoned
- Abandoned Child
- Children, Abandoned
- Abandoned Children
Adolescent, Abandoned- Adolescent, Abandoned
- Abandoned Adolescent
- Abandoned Adolescents
- Adolescents, Abandoned
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Child, Abandoned".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Child, Abandoned".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Child, Abandoned" by people in this website by year, and whether "Child, Abandoned" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Child, Abandoned" by people in Profiles.
-
Improving the mental health of abandoned children: Experiences from a global online intervention. Am Psychol. 2020 12; 75(9):1376-1388.
-
The prevalence of depressive symptoms in 'left-behind children' in China: a meta-analysis of comparative studies and epidemiological surveys. J Affect Disord. 2019 02 01; 244:209-216.
-
Rapid HIV testing, pregnancy, antiretroviral prophylaxis and infant abandonment in St Petersburg. Int J STD AIDS. 2007 Feb; 18(2):120-2.