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
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)
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