psychopathology

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.
2. (countable)A mental or behavioral disorder.

   “Our fear and loathing for parasites is obviously adaptive. But this fear can itself mutate into a psychopathology.”

   “The prevalence and risks of the four psychopathologies and their comorbidities, serious mental illness, and suicidalities increased significantly with internet addiction severity (p values from 0·0003 to <0·0001), and most increments in risk were large (ORs increasing more than four times, except for suicidalities) for students with moderate and severe internet addiction.”