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This paper begins with a definition of psychopathology and what the practice of psychopathology is supposed to accomplish. The paper then goes on to take a look at where psychologists often fail to help their patients and instead, cause more damage than good.

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"A Psychological disorder is a kind of malformation of a person's personality that is acquired over time, much in the same way that he or she has acquired other traits that develop gradually throughout childhood and adolescence. Competence emerging in an individual occurs in the same way as a personality disorder begins to show up. Psychopathology can be seen as normal development, but something goes wrong in the process. It is a maladaptation of patterns of behavior."

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