Psychogenic disease

A psychogenic disease is a physical disease that originates in the mind or in mental or emotional conflict. The disease is not caused by a structural change, as seen in an organic disease.

Psychogenic is a broader category than psychosomatic, in that it can include the hysterical form, where there is no physiologic change in peripheral tissues, as well as the psychosomatic form, where there is some physiologic alteration.^[1]

Psychogenic Amnesia is a debated form of amnesia related to trauma or general psychological disorientation.

Psychogenic pain is pain that cannot be linked to physical symptoms - instead, it is psychological in origin. Psychogenic pain is thought to be a physical manifestation of (often unexpressed) emotional pain, or stress. It is as real and painful as non-psychogenic pain.

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