psychopathology

noun

the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior

Roots

psychepsycho- · Greek · mind pathospatho- · Greek · suffering, disease logos-logy · Greek · study, discourse

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