psychogenic syndrome

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An anxiety-related conversion reaction caused by endogenous or exogenous stress Examples Hysterical reactions, psychogenic chest pain, psychogenic polydipsia, psychogenic purpura, psychophonasthenia and 'women who fall' syndrome, a conversion reaction to aggressive or erotic impulses. See Psychosomatic disorder; Cf Factitious disorders.

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