Editing Pathology (section)

==Psychopathology==
{{Main|Psychopathology}}

Psychopathology is the study of [[mental illness]], particularly of severe disorders.  Informed heavily by both [[psychology]] and [[neurology]], its purpose is to classify mental illness, elucidate its underlying causes, and guide clinical [[psychiatric]] treatment accordingly.  Although diagnosis and classification of mental norms and disorders is largely the purview of psychiatry—the results of which are guidelines such as the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]], which attempt to classify mental disease mostly on behavioural evidence, though not without controversy<ref name=frana>{{cite web |url=http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1688399 |title=The New Crisis in Confidence in Psychiatric Diagnosis |author=Allen Frances |author-link=Allen Frances |date=17 May 2013 |work=Annals of Internal Medicine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607183245/http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1688399 |archive-date=7 June 2013 }}</ref><ref name="concept&evolution">Dalal PK, Sivakumar T. (2009) [http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org/text.asp?2009/51/4/310/58302 Moving towards ICD-11 and DSM-5: Concept and evolution of psychiatric classification.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602062407/http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org/text.asp?2009%2F51%2F4%2F310%2F58302 |date=2018-06-02 }} Indian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 310-319.</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 12505793  | name-list-style =vanc | doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.160.1.4 | volume=160 | issue=1 |date=January 2003 | pages=4–12 | title = Distinguishing Between the Validity and Utility of Psychiatric Diagnoses | last1 = Kendell | first1 = R. | journal = American Journal of Psychiatry | last2 = Jablensky | first2 = A| s2cid =16151623 }}</ref>—the field is also heavily, and increasingly, informed upon by [[neuroscience]] and other of the biological [[cognitive science]]s.  Mental or social disorders or behaviours seen as generally unhealthy or excessive in a given individual, to the point where they cause harm or severe disruption to the person's lifestyle, are often called "pathological" (e.g., [[pathological gambling]] or [[pathological liar]]).