Noun: psychopathology ,sI-kow-pu'thó-lu-jee
- 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
- 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