psychopathology

• Two child molesters who touch little kids because of some psychopathology should be tried the same; but a child molester and a consensual statutory rapist shouldn't be.
• "Paranormal experiences are so common in the general population," psychiatrists Colin Ross of Dallas and Shaun Joshi of Winnipeg, Canada, said in a recent issue of the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, "that no theory of normal psychology or psychopathology which does not take them into account can be comprehensive." —  Omni: September 1993
• Convinced that her patient showed no sign of major psychopathology, in fact, Laibow came up with a different diagnosis for the sudden breakdown the cardiologist experienced following recall of an alleged alien encounter: posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD According to the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, PTSD is a stress reaction triggered by various external events "outside the range of usual human experience." —  Omni: September 1993
• Following a long tradition in experimental psychopathology, we use the trauma film paradigm —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
• Summary While stressful life events are an important cause of psychopathology, most individuals exposed to adversity maintain normal psychological functioning. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library

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