psychodiagnostic
- adjective
- /ˌsaɪkoʊdaɪəɡˈnɑːstɪk/
- Specialized
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psicodiagnóstico
- Psychologists often use psychodiagnostic tools to identify mental health issues in their patients.
Examples
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By World War II, the test had become a prominent psychodiagnostic measure: "Training manuals were rushed into print and many people were trained in Rorschach procedure" (Aronow, Reznikoff, and Moreland 1994, 5).
Academic text (2017) -
Over the past 50 years, a number of surveys on professional training in psychodiagnostic testing have appeared in the literature (Piotrowski & Zalewski, 1993).
Academic text (1999) -
Compulsive psychodiagnostic hysteria can lead to the mispathologization and wrongful persecution of almost all human behavior, as attempted in the DSM-V.
Blog text (4) -
The therapist explained that the psychodiagnostic assessment is essential for developing an effective treatment plan.
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Before starting therapy, he underwent a thorough psychodiagnostic evaluation to better understand his emotional state.
Synonyms
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5.4
About the treatment of people with mental illness
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4.8
Showing a sign that helps identify a disease or problem
Surface Forms
Morphology
psychodiagnostic = diagnostic (semi-transparent) = psycho + diagnose + tic
The word is built compositionally from a technical combining form plus 'diagnostic', but the medical prefix 'psycho-' may not be obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Psychodiagnostic combines psycho- meaning 'mind', as in psychology, and diagnostic meaning 'to find out what is wrong', as in diagnose. So psychodiagnostic describes something that helps find or explain mental health problems.