psychopathology

Definitions

1. The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
   countable, uncountable
2. A mental or behavioral disorder.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk⟳ were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction.”

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