psychopathology | ||
1. | [ noun ] (psychology) the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior | |
Synonyms: | abnormal_psychology | |
Related terms: | psychology | |
2. | [ noun ] (medicine,psychiatry) the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | |
Synonyms: | psychological_medicine psychiatry | |
Related terms: | medicine psychotherapy defense mental_disorder denial autism confabulation expansive regression anorexia_nervosa confabulate analyze acting_out intellectualisation resistance idealization projection rationalization compensation repression conversion paramnesia major_depressive_episode displacement echolalia overcompensation reaction_formation isolation suppress | |
Similar spelling: |
psychopathologic psychopathological psychopharmacology psychophysiology psychopathic |