psychopathology
the science or study of mental disorders.
the conditions and processes of a mental disorder.
a pathological deviation from normal or efficient behavior; psychosis.
Origin of psychopathology
1Other words from psychopathology
- psy·cho·path·o·log·i·cal [sahy-koh-path-uh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌsaɪ koʊˌpæθ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, psy·cho·path·o·log·ic, adjective
- psy·cho·pa·thol·o·gist, noun
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How to use psychopathology in a sentence
This image reveals the brain abnormalities associated with the psychopathology.
It is hard to make much sense of him, too, without the language of psychopathology.
Alleged Santa Barbara Killer Elliot Rodger and the Twisted Cult of Modern Masculinity | James Poulos | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn any case, increased understanding of psychopathology in understanding filicide can only help, he said.
The Psychology of Mothers Who Kill Their Children | Janelle Dumalaon | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Dr. Prause is emphatic that her research finds no evidence of psychopathology in asexuals.
The opportunity for this is given in any text-book on legal medicine, forensic psychopathology, and criminal psychology.
Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
In my psychopathology of Everyday Life (first published in 1901), you will find only too many instances for the study of errors.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund FreudIf human society was better acquainted with psychopathology a great deal of conjugal misunderstanding and misery would be avoided.
The Sexual Question | August ForelTo many, they represent a psychopathology or a sociopathology.
After the Rain | Sam VakninThat might have been foreseen by any one at all familiar with the psychopathology of reform.
Nonsenseorship | G. G. Putnam and Others
British Dictionary definitions for psychopathology
/ (ˌsaɪkəʊpəˈθɒlədʒɪ) /
the scientific study of mental disorders
Derived forms of psychopathology
- psychopathological (ˌsaɪkəʊˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective
- psychopathologist, noun
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