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medical psychology

medical psychology Medical psychology is the study of abnormal and diseased mental states and their symptoms, considered chiefly from a medical viewpoint.

Medical psychology is the study of abnormal and diseased mental states and their symptoms, considered chiefly from a medical viewpoint. In historical usage, the term was closely connected with psychological medicine and related to psychiatry, psychopathology, and mental pathology.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Medical Psychology” (Medical Psychology).
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