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‘Psychogenic’: a word and its mutations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Aubrey Lewis
Affiliation:
From the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London

Synopsis

The word ‘psychogenic’ was introduced into psychiatry in 1894 by Robert Sommer. Many attempts have been made to clarify the concept it denotes and apply it to clinical purposes. These attempts have been bedevilled by unsettled philosophical problems. It is suggested that the word should be decently buried.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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