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

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

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

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