noun
pathography
Academic term in psychology for the study of the life and work of an individual, especially an artist or writer, from a psychological or psychiatric perspective.
病跡学は、作家の作品を精神医学の視点から分析する学問です。
Pathography is a field that analyzes an author's works from a psychiatric perspective.
Compound of 病 (byō, 'illness') + 跡 (seki, 'trace') + 学 (gaku, 'study'). The term is a Japanese coinage corresponding to English 'pathography'.