psychogenesis (redirected from psychogenetic)

psychogenesis /psy·cho·gen·e·sis/ (-jen´ĭ-sis)

1. mental development.

2. production of a symptom or illness by psychic factors.

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psy·cho·gen·e·sis (sk-jn-ss)

n.

1. The origin and development of psychological processes, personality, or behavior.

2. Development of a physical disorder or illness resulting from psychic, rather than physiological, factors.

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psycho·ge·netic (-j-ntk) adj.

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psychogenesis

[sī′kōjen′əsis]

Etymology: Gk, psyche + genesis, origin

1 the development of the mind or of a mental function or process.

2 the development or production of a physical symptom or disease having a mental or psychic origin rather than an organic cause.

3 the development of emotional states, either normal or abnormal, from the interaction of conscious and unconscious psychologic forces. Compare somatogenesis.