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psychopathology /psy·cho·pa·thol·o·gy/ (-pah-thol´ah-je)
1. the branch of medicine dealing with the causes and processes of mental disorders.
2. abnormal, maladaptive behavior or mental activity.

psy·cho·pa·thol·o·gy (sk-p-thl-j)
n.
1. The study of the origin, development, and manifestations of mental or behavioral disorders.
2. The manifestation of a mental or behavioral disorder.

Psychopathology
A mental disorder or illness, such as schizophrenia, personality disorder, or major depressive disorder.

psychopathology
[-pəthol′əjē]
1 the study of the causes, processes, and manifestations of mental disorders.
2 the behavioral manifestation of any mental disorder. See also psychiatry.

psychopathology [si″ko-pah-thol´o-je]
1. the branch of medicine dealing with the causes and processes of mental disorders.
2. abnormal, maladaptive behavior or mental activity.

psychopathology,
n 1. the study of the causes, processes, and manifestations of mental disorders.
n 2. the behavioral manifestation of any mental disorder.

psychopathology
the pathology of mental disease. No branch of veterinary medicine deals with this subject.


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They did not find any signs of minor neurological alterations, which, according to Veguilla, might point out "a psychopathological way associated with psychosis in subjects with less predisposition.
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