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psychopathology
Sign in to savePsychopathology is the study of mental illness. It includes the signs and symptoms of all mental disorders. The field includes abnormal cognition, maladaptive behavior, and experiences which differ according to social norms. This discipline is an in-depth look into symptoms, behaviors, causes, course, development, categorization, treatments, strategies, and more.
Psychopathology is the study of mental illness, including the signs, symptoms, and underlying causes of all mental disorders—which can involve unusual thinking patterns, problematic behaviors, and experiences that differ from social norms. The field examines how these disorders develop, how they're categorized, and what treatments and strategies can help people manage them.
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Research
57,629 papers- Emotion regulation and psychopathology: the role of gender.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2012
- Resource-rational psychopathology.Behavioral neuroscience · 2024
- Acculturation and Psychopathology.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2023
- Neurodevelopment of the association cortices: Patterns, mechanisms, and implications for psychopathology.Neuron · 2021
- Stress-related psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic.Behaviour research and therapy · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Psychoanalysis
- Evolutionary Perspectives
- As the study of psychiatric disorders
- Mental disorders
- The four Ds
- The p factor
- As mental symptoms
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Research Domain Criteria
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Psychopathology is the study of mental illness. It includes the signs and symptoms of all mental disorders. The field includes abnormal cognition, maladaptive behavior, and experiences which differ according to social norms. This discipline is an in-depth look into symptoms, behaviors, causes, course, development, categorization, treatments, strategies, and more.
Biological psychopathology is the study of the biological etiology of abnormal cognitions, behaviour and experiences. Child psychopathology is a specialization applied to children and adolescents.
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