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The term "psychogenic pain" has begun to fall out of relevance in the scientific community, due to its implication that the pain is entirely psychological in origin and thus not "real". [11] The change in preferred nomenclature can be traced to 1994 when the DSM-IV removed the term in favor of the more holistic " Pain Disorder " section. [ 4 ]
Dissociative amnesia or psychogenic amnesia is a dissociative disorder "characterized by retrospectively reported memory gaps. These gaps involve an inability to recall personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature."
Classified as a "conversion disorder" by the DSM-IV, a psychogenic disease is a condition in which mental stressors cause physical symptoms matching other disorders. The manifestation of physical symptoms without biologically identifiable cause results from disruptions in normal brain function due to psychological stress.
Psychological pain, mental pain, or emotional pain is an unpleasant feeling (a suffering) of a psychological, non-physical origin. A pioneer in the field of suicidology, Edwin S. Shneidman, described it as "how much you hurt as a human being. It is mental suffering; mental torment."
Dissociative fugue (/ f juː ɡ / FYOOG), formerly called a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, [1] is a rare psychiatric phenomenon characterized by reversible amnesia for one's identity in conjunction with unexpected wandering or travel.
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) Complex PTSD is a form of PTSD that can develop in people who experience ongoing or long-term trauma or multiple traumas. This may include ...
A psychogenic effect is one that originates from the brain instead of other physical organs (i.e. the cause is psychological rather than physiological) and may refer to: Psychogenic pain; Psychogenic disease; Psychogenic amnesia; Psychogenic cough, i.e. a habit cough; Mass psychogenic illness
Around the time he graduated from the University of Kentucky, the knee pain returned, and he developed an addiction to pain medications. Patrick’s habit built steadily and in secret. He needed a Percocet just to get out the door. After a statewide and federal crackdown on pain pills made them too expensive, he switched to heroin.