Psychogenic

Psychogenic is a term that is applied to something that is mental rather than physical in origin.

This term is especially often used in relation to diseases and their symptoms. Psychogenic illnesses or symptoms occur due to psychological factors such as stress, trauma, anxiety and depression.

Psychogenic diseases include:

1. Psychogenic amnesia is memory loss of psychological origin.

2. Psychogenic syncope is fainting caused by emotional stress.

3. Psychogenic pain is chronic pain without an organic cause.

4. Psychogenic muteness is a sudden inability to speak in the absence of physical impairment.

5. Psychogenic seizures are seizures caused by psychological factors.

Thus, psychogenic is a term denoting the origin of a disease or symptom from psychological rather than physiological factors. It is widely used in medicine to refer to diseases caused by the influence of the psyche.