Psychopathology

/ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders wordnet
  3. 3
    A mental or behavioral disorder. countable

    "Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology."

  4. 4
    the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior wordnet

Example

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"The MMPI-A is designed to measure characteristics of personality and psychopathology among adolescents."

Etymology

From psycho- + pathology.

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