psychogenic
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Mr. Jay reports both sides of the controversy: Essentially, the military suspects a real attack, while the medical establishment generally diagnoses psychogenic illness, one with no physical cause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The action she requests includes making sure staff are able to detect and manage psychogenic polydipsia.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 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
No evidence was found to support the suspicions, and the WHO said it appeared to be “mass psychogenic illnesses.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Nevertheless I see no difficulty in assigning to the factor of the periodical rebellion of the ego against the ego ideal a share in both kinds of melancholia, the psychogenic as well as the spontaneous.
From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Sigmund Freud
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