Glossary

Causation; the study of causes; specifically disease

Relating to specific lesions concerned with the cause of a disease

The science of epidemics and epidemic diseases

Refers to a diseased state and in psychology refers to abnormal or deviant

The classification of diseases

The study of the evolutionary development of the species

Psychiatry; the science that deals with the pathology of the psyche or mind; the science of mental disorders

• 1. The classification of various plants and animals
• 2. Systematic classification or orderly arrangement

The capacity of individuals to agree on the same diagnosis given the same information.

Whether or not the diagnostic criteria are good (valid) indicators of the presence or absence of a particular disease