精せい神しん病びょう理り学がく

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noun

psychopathology

medicine

Academic and medical term for the study of mental disorders.

精refined, ghost, fairy

神gods, mind, soul

病ill, sick

理logic, arrangement, reason

学study, learning, science

精せい神しん医い学がく
精神医学 (psychiatry) is the broader medical specialty, while 精神病理学 focuses specifically on the pathology of mental disorders.

Compound of 精神 (mind, spirit), 病理 (pathology), and 学 (study). The term is a direct translation of the Western concept of psychopathology.