psychopathology

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ pathology.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsaɪkɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/

Noun

psychopathology (countable and uncountable, plural psychopathologies)

(medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
(countable) A mental or behavioral disorder.
Hyponym: psychopathy
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 91:
  Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology.

Derived terms

Translations

study of mental illness

Catalan: psicopatologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 精神病理學／精神病理学 (jīngshénbìnglǐxué)
Czech: psychopatologie f
Dutch: psychopathologie (nl) f
Estonian: psühhopatoloogia
Finnish: psykopatologia (fi)
French: psychopathologie (fr) f
German: Psychopathologie (de) f
Greek: ψυχοπαθολογία (el) f (psychopathología)
Hungarian: pszichopatológia
Polish: psychopatologia f
Portuguese: psicopatologia (pt) f
Romanian: psihopatologie (ro) f
Russian: психопатоло́гия (ru) f (psixopatológija)
Spanish: psicopatología (es) f
Swedish: psykopatologi (sv) c
Turkish: psikopatoloji (tr)

See also

psychiatry

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