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Psychoeducational Diagnostician refers to Mental health professionals who provide assessments and make recommendations for the treatment of ADD and/or learning disabilities.

Psychogenic means having psychological origins, rather than physical causes; relating to psychological causes. .

Psychogenic Amnesia is the loss of memory in the absence of any brain injury or disease and thought to have psychological causes

Psychogenic illness refers to a set of symptoms of illness in a group of persons when there is no evidence of an organic basis for the illness and no identifiable environmental cause.

Psychogenic need is a term in Murray’s theory that refers to a relatively stable predisposition toward a type of action.

Psychogenic pain is purely psychological pain without a physiological basis.

Psychographics refers to a Research that attempts to explain Behavior by analyzing people's Personality Traits and values. This Research is often associated with lifestyle research.

Psychohistorical analysis refers to the application of Erikson's Life-span theory, along with Psychoanalytic principles, to the study of historical figures.