How to Use psychopathology in a Sentence

psychopathology

noun
  • The death of a pet was likelier to increase psychopathology in boys than in girls.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The argument that the defense presented in court was that the answers to his rage lay in Roof’s unique psychopathology.
    Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 21 Aug. 2017
  • The survey initiative has engaged the leaders of the profession in the countries and, in a sense, has converted them to this view of psychopathology.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2012
  • This pattern is the one most closely related to later psychopathology.
    Melissa Fay Greene, The Atlantic, 18 June 2020
  • It's used to treat the four kinds of psychopathology: Depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviors, and delusions.
    Beth Shapouri, Allure, 16 June 2021
  • This is the greatest benefit the book: conceptualizing and aiding understanding of the apparent psychopathology in the West Wing.
    Nick Pachelli, Esquire, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Subjects are asked to look at pictures of different areas around the eyes and to assign them the correct emotional states, said Hess, a professor of developmental psychopathology at University of Cambridge.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 June 2020
  • This suggests that self-storage was not an inevitable convenience but something else, perhaps an indicator of national psychopathology.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
  • The model suggests that a common biological cause can give rise to either psychopathology or creativity depending on the presence (or absence) of protective factors, such as social support or a high IQ.
    Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2021
  • During the three-day event, academics and practitioners will dive into topics such as workplace transparency, interpersonal leadership, the psychopathology of leadership, mental health in the workplace and more.
    Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 29 May 2017
  • These findings indicate that when it is understood through a particular cultural filter, the disorder can cause psychopathology.
    Baland Jalal, Scientific American, 15 July 2020
  • Berkeley students aren’t suddenly going to develop psychopathology because Mr. Shapiro is making a brief appearance on campus.
    Clay Routledge, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Opponents argue that such a change would be premature; much remains unknown about atypical anorexia, including its brain biology, genetics and psychopathology, all of which could help inform treatment and the development of drugs.
    Kate Siber, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Elephant psychopathology, chimpanzee infanticide and other un-animal-like behaviors are part of a growing body of research that suggests science is building toward a radical paradigm shift.
    David Dobbs, WIRED, 21 June 2006
  • Researchers have variously attributed this to psychopathology, a genetic quirk or possibly a chemical imbalance (for instance, low levels of the feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine).
    Kate Murphy, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2018
  • About 25 percent struggle temporarily with psychopathology such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder and then recover--a pattern known as the recovery trajectory.
    Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 8 June 2020
  • It is associated with major psychopathology like anxiety and depressive symptoms.
    Rachel Simmons, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Essi Viding, a professor of developmental psychopathology at University College London recalls showing one psychopathic prisoner a series of faces with different expressions.
    Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
  • Her preoccupations—opioid addiction, extreme weather, female oppression, psychopathology—have become topics of burning interest.
    Leo Robson, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2020

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