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/ˌsaɪkəpæˈθɔɫəˌɡi/
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[ UK /sˌaɪkəʊpɐθˈɒlədʒi/ ]
[ UK /sˌaɪkəʊpɐθˈɒlədʒi/ ]
NOUN
- the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
- the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
How To Use psychopathology In A Sentence
- Even if the physician recognizes the psychopathology, the patient may reject the diagnosis.
- One of the most significant concerns presented by opponents is that suicide ideation is most likely a symptom of psychopathology.
- It is therefore not at all surprising to find so many workers in other fields of medicine who believe that the terms "psychopathology" and "Freudian psychoanalysis" are synonymous, one and the same thing. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- In this recent revision, Beck proposed a new conception for the structure and processes involved in psychopathology.
- Cognitive models focus on maladaptive or biased thought processes, whereas interpersonal models focus on social difficulties and stressful interpersonal environments as precipitants of psychopathology.
- Jaspers's emphasis on the importance of form over the content of psychopathology provokes the authors' ire.
- The nature of the hypotheses varies widely depending upon which theory of psychotherapy and psychopathology the clinician applies.
- Romantic bestseller (it provoked E.T.A. Hoffmann, amongst others, towards an interest in psychopathology). Psychology in Search of Psyches: Friedrich Schelling, Gotthilf Schubert and the Obscurities of the Romantic Soul
- Because psychopathology and diminished mentation can influence food intake, both mental status and cognitive ability should be assessed, particularly in older adult patients.
- Abnormal behaviour is called psychopathology and is classified on the basis of its symptoms, the classification is called a diagnosis. Recently Uploaded Slideshows