Psychopathology Meaning
/ˌsaɪ̯kɒpəˈθɒlədʒɪ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
nounA mental or behavioral disorder.
Sentence Examples
The MMPI-A is designed to measure characteristics of personality and psychopathology among adolescents.
The professor specializes in the study of child and adolescent psychopathology.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The course in ____ covers disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The course covered ____, examining the causes and symptoms of various mental disorders.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English psychopathology From psycho- + pathology.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology."
— 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 91:
"The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction."
— 2019 October 26, Wan-jun Guo, Yu-jie Tao, Xiao-jing Li, Xia Lin, Ya-jing Meng, Xia Yang, et al., “Internet addiction severity and risk for psychopathology, serious mental illness, and suicidalities: a cross-sectional study”, in The Lancet^(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32424-9/fulltext), volume 394:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The course in ____ covers disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The course covered ____, examining the causes and symptoms of various mental disorders.