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Noun: psychopathology  ,sI-kow-pu'thó-lu-jee
  1. The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
    "He specialized in psychopathology to help patients with severe depression";
    - psychiatry, psychological medicine
     
  2. The branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behaviour
    "The course in psychopathology covered various mental disorders";
    - abnormal psychology

Derived forms: psychopathologies

Type of: medicine, psychological science, psychology

Encyclopedia: Psychopathology