psychogenic
adjective
psy·cho·gen·ic
ˌsī-kō-ˈje-nik 
: originating in the mind or in mental or emotional conflict
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There are several types of voice disorders classified as organic, which include structural and neurological (caused by a neurological disorder like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's), functional (muscle dysfunction), and psychogenic disorders.
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Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Experts have emphasized that even if the illnesses were psychogenic, that doesn’t mean sufferers are imagining their symptoms.
—Shane Harris and John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023
Blinken has long doubted that personnel are suffering from mass hysteria or some psychogenic event, officials have said.
—Shane Harris and John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023
Other scientists are looking inside the brain, studying whether habitual and psychogenic coughs are the result of some suppression mechanism gone haywire.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2012
Travelling through the enchanted forest, the bears munch on psychogenic slugs and begin hallucinating.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 9 Mar. 2022
Most cases of intractable paroxysmal sneezing reported in the literature occur in adolescents and appear to have a psychogenic etiology.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2016
These are technically called psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES).
—Patti Greco, Health.com, 9 Nov. 2021
Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Experts have emphasized that even if the illnesses were psychogenic, that doesn’t mean sufferers are imagining their symptoms.
—Shane Harris and John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023
Blinken has long doubted that personnel are suffering from mass hysteria or some psychogenic event, officials have said.
—Shane Harris and John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023
Other scientists are looking inside the brain, studying whether habitual and psychogenic coughs are the result of some suppression mechanism gone haywire.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2012
Travelling through the enchanted forest, the bears munch on psychogenic slugs and begin hallucinating.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 9 Mar. 2022
Most cases of intractable paroxysmal sneezing reported in the literature occur in adolescents and appear to have a psychogenic etiology.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2016
These are technically called psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES).
—Patti Greco, Health.com, 9 Nov. 2021
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psychogenic
adjective
psy·cho·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik
: originating in the mind : attributable to psychological or emotional factors
a psychogenic movement disorder
psychogenic impotence
compare somatogenic
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