psychogenic

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Her medical cause of death was hyponatraemic encephalopathy, acute hyponatremia and 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 WHO said it appeared to be a “mass psychogenic illness.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Blinken has long doubted that personnel are suffering from mass hysteria or some psychogenic event, officials have said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

If the resemblance amounted to identity, we would have to admit that a specific toxin may produce a specific mental reaction which we have concluded on other grounds to be psychogenic.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)