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