psychogenic
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The investigation into Mrs Whitehead's death found her excessive water consumption was due to psychogenic polydipsia, which is well documented in patients with psychiatric disorders.
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 WHO said it appeared to be a “mass psychogenic illness.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
In January, Leach will deliver a talk to the British Psychological Society Conference titled "Dysexistential syndrome: the pathology of psychogenic death," in which he will explain his thinking on these processes and their implications.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
It has consequently become the custom to consider these cases as not being psychogenic.
From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund
