psychogenic
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"By saying we all have psychogenic itching to some degree, we normalise it," she adds.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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
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 Sigmund Freud
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