psychogenic
Originating from psychology
Psychogenic describes conditions originating in the mind rather than from physical causes.
A psychogenic illness produces real symptoms—pain, paralysis, blindness—without detectable organic damage.
The term appears in medical contexts to distinguish psychological origins from physiological ones: The tremors were determined to be psychogenic.
It doesn't imply the symptoms are imaginary or faked, only that their source is mental rather than bodily.
Mental distress expressed physically
- conversionAct of changing states
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- nonorganicNot from living matter
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
nocebo · hypochondria · factitious · hysteria · paralysis · blindness · seizures · body-mind
Produce change upon
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
fear · rage · euphoria · melancholy · emotional distress · lability · dysregulation · suppression
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- triggersCauses or activates
- posttraumaticFollowing psychological damage
- repressedHeld back from expression
intrusive thoughts · nightmares · hypervigilance · amnesia · numbing · avoidance · reexperiencing · survivor
Mental health medicine
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- psychopathologyStudy of mental disorders
- psychodynamicsScience of mental forces
psychoanalysis · neurosis · mental disorder · therapy · counseling · etiology · differential diagnosis · DSM
Adrenal steroid regulating stress
- hyperventilationAbnormally rapid respiration
- tensionStretched or strained state
- palpitationsAwareness of abnormal heartbeat
- fight-or-flightAcute threat reaction
adrenaline · headache · insomnia · fatigue · sweating · trembling · nervousness · burnout
somatization
Mental distress expressed physically
- conversionAct of changing states
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- nonorganicNot from living matter
placebo · nocebo · hypochondria · factitious · hysteria · paralysis · blindness · seizures · body-mind · symptom
affect
Produce change upon
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressionProlonged low state
grief · fear · rage · euphoria · melancholy · emotional distress · lability · dysregulation · suppression · heartbreak
flashbacks
Involuntary vivid memory episodes
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- triggersCauses or activates
- posttraumaticFollowing psychological damage
repressed · intrusive thoughts · nightmares · hypervigilance · amnesia · numbing · avoidance · reexperiencing · survivor · maladaptive
psychiatry
Mental health medicine
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- psychopathologyStudy of mental disorders
psychodynamics · psychoanalysis · neurosis · mental disorder · therapy · counseling · etiology · differential diagnosis · DSM · treatment
cortisol
Adrenal steroid regulating stress
- hyperventilationAbnormally rapid respiration
- tensionStretched or strained state
- palpitationsAwareness of abnormal heartbeat
fight-or-flight · adrenaline · headache · insomnia · fatigue · sweating · trembling · nervousness · burnout · overwhelm
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psychogenicorganic
From living matter
physiological · biogenic · neurogenic · physical · somatic
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