Psychopathology: concerned with process of disease. Study of mental disorder, mental distress, and abnormal or maladaptive behaviour. The term is mostly used in the context of psychiatry
Developmental psychopathology: failing to map onto the "expected" developmental norm trajectory = abnormal or maladaptive behaviour
Psychiatry: the branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions. Focuses on psychopathology as a disease. Application of medication and other treatment methods
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