psychogenic

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"By saying we all have psychogenic itching to some degree, we normalise it," she adds.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

The U.N. concluded that the symptoms were the result of mass psychogenic illness, a form of social panic.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Then, the World Health Organization wrote about so-called “mass psychogenic illnesses” affecting hundreds of girls in schools across the country.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Spratlen had held a teleconference with sufferers who asked about the FBI study that determined that the symptoms were psychogenic.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

A psychogenic melancholia of this sort can end in mania, and this cycle can be repeated several times, just as easily as in a case which appears to be spontaneous.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund