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psychopathology
NOUN:

1. the science or study of mental disorders.

2. the conditions and processes of a mental disorder.

3. a pathological deviation from normal or efficient behavior; psychosis.

4. the scientific study of mental disorders.

5. the study of the origin, development, and manifestations of mental or behavioral disorders.

6. the manifestation of a mental or behavioral disorder.

7. the study of psychological and behavioral dysfunction occurring in mental illness or in social disorganization 

—also, such dysfunction.
 
Origin:

First recorded in 1840–50; psycho- + pathology. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of psychopathology: 1847.  History and Etymology for psychopathology: International Scientific Vocabulary. —Merriam-Webster.

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