psych-, psycho-, -psyche, -psychic, -psychical, -psychically
A prefix that is normally used with elements of Greek origin, psych- affects the meanings of hundreds of words.
Etymologically, this element includes such meanings as, breath, to breathe, life, soul, spirit, mind, consciousness.
psychotomimetic
1. A drug or substance that produces psychological and behavioral changes resembling those of psychosis; for example, LSD.
2. Tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory as a result of some substance or drug.
psychotoxic, psychotoxicity
A pharmacetical substance that is toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
psychotrauma
(s), psychotraumas
(pl) (nouns)
A reference to a psychological reaction caused by a situation in which the physical or psychological wellbeing of a person or someone close to him or her is threatened.
Psychotrauma occurs whenever the overall security balance of someone is threatened in any way. This includes events which threaten the physical safety of a person as well as events which threaten that person's economic and/or emotional wellbeing, or the wellbeing of those who are close to him/her.
psychotropic
1. Capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior; denoting drugs used in the treatment of mental illnesses.
2. Denoting any substance that affects psychic function or behavior; such as, psychotropic drug which includes tranquilizers, sedatives, and antidepressants.
psychovisual
A reference to psychological factors associated with vision; such as, the emotive connotations of particular colors, and to the center in the brain associated with such processes.
psychovital
Pertaining to the mind as it is connected with life.
psychozoic
Of or belonging to the geological period of living creatures having souls or minds; that is, the human period.
psychurgy
The mind at work; mental function or activity.
puerperal psychosis
A psychiatric disorder that may affect women in the first two weeks after giving birth. It may be depressive or schizophrenic and may involve false ideas concerning the baby.
somatopsychic
1. Relating to the body-mind relationship; the study of the effects of the body upon the mind, as opposed to psychosomatic, which is mind on body.
2. Relating to the relationship between the body and the mind.
3. Relating to the study of the effects of the body upon the mind.
somatopsychosis
An emotional disorder associated with an organic disease.
somopsychosis
(s), somopsychoses
(pl) (nouns)
A mental disorder with predominantly physical symptoms: "The somopsychoses simulate physical and organic nervous troubles."
"Both psychoneurosis and somopsychosis are diseases of the subconsciousness."
"In the somatic psychopathies, or somopsychoses, the patient tells the medical doctor about his or her physical symptoms; such as, stomach trouble, intestinal pains, soreness of the abdomen, headaches, anesthetic (no feeling) areas on his or her body, slight paralysis, or more complete paralysis of various organs; all of which are mental rather than physical ailments."
tachypsychia
Abnormally rapid action of psychological processes.
theopsychism
Ascription (declaration) of a divine nature to the soul.
thymopsyche
(s), thymopsyches
(pl) (nouns)
The life, soul, emotions, or passions of the mind: "A person's thyopsyche represents ideas, mental representations or desires."
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "mind, mental" word units:
anima-;
anxi-;
deliri-;
hallucina-;
menti-;
moro-;
noo-;
nous;
phreno-;
thymo-2.
Word units related to breath and breathe:
hal-;
pneo-;
pneumato-;
pneumo-;
spiro.
