How to Use psychogenic in a Sentence

psychogenic

adjective

• That’s the type of vague complaint that could point to a psychogenic diagnosis.
  — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2019
• Other researchers and physicians maintain that mass psychogenic illness could explain some, if not all, of the symptoms.
  — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2018
• Christle discusses a moth species that sups on elephant tears; why plane travellers sob in the air; the difference between basal, irritant, and psychogenic eye water.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2020
• State Department officials have expressed skepticism at the idea that the diplomats’ illness could be psychogenic.
  — Michael P. H. Stanley, National Review, 22 Aug. 2020
• Experts have emphasized that even if the illnesses were psychogenic, that doesn’t mean sufferers are imagining their symptoms.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
• Blinken has long doubted that personnel are suffering from mass hysteria or some psychogenic event, officials have said.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
• Her doctors rule out epilepsy in favor of a psychogenic illness, but before long the girl begins to develop telekinetic powers.
  — Chicago Reader, 12 Oct. 2017
• At Patton, Nunez was treated for schizophrenia and developed psychogenic polydipsia, which drives a pervasive addiction to water.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
• The panel determined that the most likely explanation was mass psychogenic illness (MPI), which is essentially a collective delusion among a cohesive group of people that a sickness is spreading among them.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2018
• Theories range from the existence of a dubious sonic weapon, to mass psychogenic illness, to infectious agents, chemical exposure, malfunctioning surveillance equipment, and a mix of stress and crickets.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 24 July 2019
• Joe Bauer struggled with psychogenic polydipsia, the uncontrollable impulse to drink liquid which is often associated with schizophrenia, and had been having trouble following the staff's instructions to refrain from drinking.
  — Emily Woodruff, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
• Canada considers earlier theories about acoustic attacks and psychogenic illness, in which the origin of an illness is psychological, to be improbable.
  — Kim MacKrael, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2018
• People with a psychogenic tremor typically have an underlying psychiatric disorder like depression or PTSD.
  — Alison Goldman, SELF, 21 May 2018
• Other diagnoses may include fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome, neuropathic pain and psychogenic pain.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 3 May 2018
• While Parkinson’s is treated with medications such as levodopa, patients determined to have a functional or psychogenic condition are often prescribed psychological regimens such as cognitive behavioral therapy.
  — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024