psychogenic

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FND is a complex condition; previously known as psychosomatic or psychogenic illness, it describes physical symptoms with a psychological root.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

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

Some published reports have suggested that the symptoms were characteristic of "mass psychogenic illness," but the declassified report rejects that, finding that the AHIs "do not fit criteria for mass psychogenic illness."

From Salon • Mar. 29, 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

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 Freud, Sigmund