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Psychopathology
Pathology from pathos = suffering, and
logos = study:
The study of the essential nature of disease.
Disease:
Dis-ease: Not at ease, something that impairs
functioning.
Abnormal:
Away from (ab-) or deviating from, the
normal or average.
Psychopathology
Abnormal behaviour:
Behaviour that is other than normal or
markedly irregular.
Not necessarily statistically abnormal, often
just painful or involving suffering.
Psychopathology:
Study of abnormal behaviour.
Study of the psychological and behavioural
dysfunction, distress, and disability.
Such dysfunction, distress, or disability itself.
Psychopathology
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UNDERLYING SYMPTOMS