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social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling skills > counseling assessment > assessment of psychopathology
... > social science subjects > psychology > psychological assessment > clinical psychological assessment > counseling assessment > assessment of psychopathology

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assessment of psychopathology  

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  • Psychopathology can be thought of as the expression of mental impairment in the form of psychological signs and symptoms. Specific disorders subsumed under psychopathology, while having specific signs and symptoms, have as their common thread a significant impairment in mental functioning that causes distress or disability. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Psychopathology, Assessment of]

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