Notas sobre psicopatologia

The term Psychopathology is used in various senses: equivalent of Psychiatry, the part of psychiatry which deals with mild disorders as opposed to severe ones, to symptomatology as opposed to nosology, theories of psychism and emotional dynamics. The topics included in the title are adressed by other authors as General Psychiatry, Medical Psychology, Clinical Psychiatry. Even the most renown authors do not properly define the term, but indicate what objectives and work methods should be attributed to Psychopathology. We have chosen to use the term to designate the study of the theories about development, functioning and changes in mental activities, the interpretation of the symptoms and signs in terms of biological and psychological factors, the meaning of relationship and conduct disorders, the major bases of nosologic classification symptoms. Researches studies and reflections are required to update Psychopathology. In this sense, for example, we have presented certain ideas to conceptualize it and work with delirious patients.

Psychopathology; psychiatry; nosology; symptom