‘Psychogenic’: a word and its mutations

Lewis, Aubrey

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“…Unfortunately, the term 'psycho genic' has been used in many different senses, as pointed out by Lewis [1972] in his lucid paper. Lewis demonstrates clearly how many misunderstandings have occurred as consequences of variations and looseness of the definition of the word.…”

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The Development of the Concept of Reactive Psychoses

Strömgren¹

1987

Psychopathology

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Although reactive (psychogenic) psychoses have no doubt occurred throughout the history of mankind, it is only during the last century that the corresponding concept has been defined, beginning with Summer’s definition of the term ‘psychogenic’ and Jaspers’ distinctions between ‘reaction’ and ‘process’, and between ‘neurosis’ and ‘psychosis’, respectively. A change in Kurt Schneider’s nosological concepts induced the majority of German-speaking psychiatrists to avoid the concept of psychogenic psychoses. The very varying use of the concept of reactive psychoses in different countries is described and discussed, with special regard to implications for psychiatric epidemiology.

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The Development of the Concept of Reactive Psychoses

Strömgren¹

1987

Psychopathology

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“…Though quite what 'psychogenic' implies is itself open to interpretation (22) and public unease around the term 'psychogenic' is itself unexplained, and may have as much to do with the inclusion of 'psycho', for example, as with any specific interpretation.…”

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Conversion disorder: A systematic review of current terminology

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Kanaan

2017

General Hospital Psychiatry

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Objective: It has been argued that the label given to unexplained neurological symptoms is an important contributor to their often poor acceptance, and there has been recent debate on proposals to change the name from Conversion Disorder. There have been multiple studies of layperson and clinician preference and this article aimed to review these.Design: Multiple databases were searched using terms including "conversion disorder" and "terminology", and relative preferences for the terms extracted.Results: Seven articles were found which looked at clinician or layperson preferences for terminology for unexplained neurological symptoms. Most neurologists favoured terms such as "functional" and "psychogenic", while laypeople were comfortable with "functional" but viewed "psychogenic" as more offensive; "Non-epileptic/organic" was relatively popular with both groups.Conclusions: "Functional" is a term that is relatively popular with both clinicians and the public. It also meets more of the other criteria proposed for an acceptable label than other popular terms -however the views of neither psychiatrists nor actual patients with the disorder were considered.

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“…One of these 'physical disorders of presumably psychogenic origin' accounted for only 1,351 cases, of which the largest single sub-group is made up by young women with anorexia nervosa. However, as its wording suggests this category corresponds to the so-called psychosomatic illnesses and it may reasonably be questioned whether clinical epidemiology and psychophysiology do not cover the field adequately enough to dispense with the need for so commodious a term, especially since much historical evidence now supports the view that the most appropriate fate for the naive concept of psychogenesis is a 'decent burial' (11). The relatively small number of physical illnesses deemed to be First, from this figure it is apparent that the proportion of patients suffering from non-psychotic illnesses varies with the type of institution, and is least frequently encountered in the longer-stay mental hospitals.…”

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The Extent of Mental Disorder: Beyond the Layman's Madness

Shepherd¹

1976

Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal

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‘Psychogenic’: a word and its mutations

Cited by 68 publications

References 9 publications

The Development of the Concept of Reactive Psychoses

The Development of the Concept of Reactive Psychoses

Conversion disorder: A systematic review of current terminology

The Extent of Mental Disorder: Beyond the Layman's Madness

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