psychopathology

Examples of psychopathology in the following topics:

• Abnormal Psychology

  • This branch of psychology studies the nature of psychopathology and its causes, and the resulting knowledge is applied in clinical psychology to the treatment of clients with psychological disorders.
  • Psychopathology is the study of psychological disorders, including their symptoms, etiology (i.e., their causes), and treatment.
  • The term "psychopathology" can also refer to the manifestation of a psychological disorder.
  • The diagnosis and classification of psychological disorders is essential in studying and treating psychopathology.

• Influences of Culture and Gender in Psychotherapy

  • Those who believe in culturally specific treatment point to differing standards across cultures for what is deemed normal and what is deemed abnormal, or psychopathological.

• Personality Testing in the Workplace

  • The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a highly validated psychopathology test that is generally used in a clinical psychology setting and may reveal potential mental health disorders.

• Reactive Attachment Disorder

  • In discussing the neurobiological basis for attachment and trauma symptoms in a seven-year twin study, it has been suggested that the roots of various forms of psychopathology—including RAD, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—can be found in disturbances in affect regulation (i.e., the ability to regulate one's emotions).

• Freud's Psychosexual Theory of Development

  • Freud believed that a struggle existed between these levels of consciousness, influencing personality development and psychopathology.

• Sleep-Wake Disorders

  • In adults, it is often a symptom of some psychopathology.

• Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapy

• Dissociative Disorders

  • Dissociation of this sort is fairly normal from time to time; however, there are five types of dissociative disorders which are considered psychopathological: dissociative identity disorder, disociative amnesia, depersonalization/derealization disorder, other specified dissociative disorder, and unspecified dissociative disorder.