psychopathology
/ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/
psychopathology noun: the study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
Noun
psychopathology (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathologies)
- The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
- A mental or behavioral disorder.
- Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 91
- 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...2019 October, Wan-jun Guo, Yu-jie Tao, Xiao-jing Li, Xia Lin, Ya-jing Meng, Xia Yang, et al., “Internet addiction severity and risk for psychopathology, serious mental illness, and suicidalities: a...
psychopathology meaning in Tamil and Thai
psychopathology in Tamil
- உளநோய்க் கூறு இயல், உளநோய்யியல், உளப்பிணிகூறு இயல்
psychopathology in Thai
- study of mental illness
- จิตพยาธิวิทยา
Forms of psychopathology
| plural | psychopathologies |
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Origin of psychopathology
From psycho- + pathology.
Words formed from psychopathology
Questions about psychopathology
- What does psychopathology mean?
- Psychopathology means the study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
- What is psychopathology in Tamil?
- Psychopathology in Tamil is உளநோய்க் கூறு இயல், உளநோய்யியல், உளப்பிணிகூறு இயல். See Psychopathology meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is psychopathology?
- Psychopathology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce psychopathology?
- Psychopathology is pronounced /ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of psychopathology?
- The plural of psychopathology is psychopathologies.
Words near psychopathology in the dictionary
Source and license
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