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.
Sources: 1, 2.
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.
Sources: 1, 2.