"Empathy" 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.
An individual's objective and insightful awareness of the feelings and behavior of another person. It should be distinguished from sympathy, which is usually nonobjective and noncritical. It includes caring, which is the demonstration of an awareness of and a concern for the good of others. (From Bioethics Thesaurus, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D004645
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.355 F01.752.543.500.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Empathy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Empathy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empathy" by people in Profiles.
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Shetty VA, Durbin S, Weyrich MS, Mart?nez AD, Qian J, Chin DL. A scoping review of empathy recognition in text using natural language processing. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024 02 16; 31(3):762-775.
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Sinsky CA, Trockel M, Carlasare LE, West CP, Wang H, Tutty M, Dyrbye LN, Shanafelt TD. Politicization of Medical Care, Burnout, and Professionally Conflicting Emotions Among Physicians During COVID-19. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 11; 98(11):1613-1628.
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Phillips HL, Dai H, Choi SY, Jansen-West K, Zajicek AS, Daly L, Petrucelli L, Gao FB, Yao WD. Dorsomedial prefrontal hypoexcitability underlies lost empathy in frontotemporal dementia. Neuron. 2023 03 15; 111(6):797-806.e6.
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Forkey HC, Schulte E, Thorndyke L. Caring for Caregivers Experiencing Secondary Trauma: A Call to Action. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 06; 62(6):525-528.
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McCool N, Reidy J, Steadman S, Nagpal V. The Buddy System: An Intervention to Reduce Distress and Compassion Fatigue and Promote Resilience on a Palliative Care Team During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2022 Oct-Dec; 18(4):302-324.
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Kaitz J, Lebeck KD, Catalfamo C. Compassion Is Our Mantra. Am J Psychother. 2022 09 01; 75(3):145-146.
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Berry MP, Lutz J, Schuman-Olivier Z, Germer C, Pollak S, Edwards RR, Gardiner P, Desbordes G, Napadow V. Brief Self-Compassion Training Alters Neural Responses to Evoked Pain for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. Pain Med. 2020 10 01; 21(10):2172-2185.
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Lutz J, Berry MP, Napadow V, Germer C, Pollak S, Gardiner P, Edwards RR, Desbordes G, Schuman-Olivier Z. Neural activations during self-related processing in patients with chronic pain and effects of a brief self-compassion training - A pilot study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2020 10 30; 304:111155.
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Gurwitz JH, Bonner A. Nursing Homes, the Pandemic, and Caring Enough. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 09; 35(9):2752-2754.
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Lagu T. The Importance of Compassion as the Default in Times of Crisis: The Curious Case of "Vertical Interdiction". J Hosp Med. 2020 05; 15(5):316-317.