"Pessimism" 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.
Mental attitude that interprets life events as generally being negative.
| Descriptor ID |
D000067657
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.100.893
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| Concept/Terms |
Pessimism- Pessimism
- Negative Thinking
- Thinking, Negative
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pessimism" by people in Profiles.
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The burden of brooding on neural error processing: The role of repetitive negative thinking in major depressive disorder with and without comorbid anxiety disorders. J Affect Disord. 2025 Jan 15; 369:27-34.
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Real-Time fMRI Functional Connectivity Neurofeedback Reducing Repetitive Negative Thinking in Depression: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Proof-of-Concept Trial. Psychother Psychosom. 2023; 92(2):87-100.
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Neighborhood affluence is not associated with positive and negative valence processing in adults with mood and anxiety disorders: A Bayesian inference approach. Neuroimage Clin. 2019; 22:101738.