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psychopathology
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abnormal psychology

 or psychopathology

Branch of psychology. It is concerned with mental and emotional disorders (e.g., neurosis, psychosis, mental deficiency) and with certain incompletely understood normal phenomena (such as dreams and hypnosis). The chief tool used in classifying psychological disorders is the American Psychiatric Assn.'s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM-IV).


psychopathology
the scientific study of mental disorders

psychopathology [¦sī·kō·pə′thäl·ə·jē]
(psychology)
The systematic study of mental diseases.


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Irving Bieber and colleagues publish a psychoanalytic perspective of male homosexuality, saying: "All psychoanalytic theories assume that adult homosexuality is psychopathologic and assign differing weights to constitutional and experiential determinants.
Some of these factors were examined in a comprehensive review by Brent et al, which examined psychopathologic risk factors for adolescent suicide and suicidal behavior.
 
 
 
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