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Different terms and conditions involving this form of chronic cough were ill-defined and not well distinguished. [4] Coughing may develop in children or adults after a cold or other airway irritant. [5] Similar symptoms of habit cough have been reported in adults and may be the same disorder as is seen in children or adolescents.
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.
Dissociative fugue (/ f juː ɡ / FYOOG), previously referred to as a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, [1] is a rare psychiatric condition characterized by reversible amnesia regarding one’s identity, often accompanied by unexpected travel or wandering.
Mass psychogenic illness; Other names: Mass hysteria, epidemic hysteria, mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder: Painting of Dancing plagues of the Middle Ages are thought to have been caused by mass hysteria. Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Headache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, cough, fatigue, sore ...
Psychogenic pain is physical pain that is caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors, without evidence of physical injury or illness. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Headache, back pain, or stomach pain are some of the most common types of psychogenic pain. [ 5 ]
Mass psychogenic illness is the spontaneous manifestation of the same or similar hysterical physical symptoms by more than one person. A common manifestation occurs when a group of people believe they are experiencing a similar disease or ailment, sometimes referred to as epidemic hysteria.
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
Psychogenic pruritus, also known as psychogenic itch [1] or functional itch disorder [2] is pruritus not associated with a dermatologic or systemic cause. [3] More often than not, it is attributed to a psychiatric cause. Psychogenic pruritus is not the same as neuropathic itch though both are