4 oct 2013 · Introducing Psychopathology 2 WHAT IS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY? Psychopathology derives from two Greek words: 'psyche' meaning 'soul', and 'pathos'
employed in a number of different ways A common way to use it is to conflate psychopathology with symptomatology – the study
among the possible factors behind this ”crisis” 15-17 In this framework, psychiatry needs to adapt to a different social context; as society changes,
between individuals, and such differences can often be explained in terms of mental illness or psychological disorders Although
Psychopathology is the identification and classification of mental illness based on behavioral traits sufficiently evidenced as to provide a categorization
In his Clinical Psychopathology he therefore defined disorder catalogues in which different units of mental illness are constituted, such as first- and second-
Psychiatry's domain of investigation is that of mental disorders, and at present, usage, the term 'psychopathology' is employed in a number of different ways A