NIH MeSH · D000184Psychiatry and Psychology

Acting Out

Definition

Expressing unconscious emotional conflicts or feelings, often of hostility or love, through overt behavior.

MeSH classification

  • F01.393.047

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Related concepts

Cathexis

Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person.

Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D000184) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗