It has also been suggested that at least some of the classic psychoanalytic cases of hysteria, such as "Anna O.", may actually have suffered from organic illness.
Beyond the organic illness, Edinburgh is experiencing a grinding combination of public bewilderment and press sensationalism.
It is unclear whether amplification is related to observations that Type A personality trait may be associated with delayed recovery after organic illness.
People with such symptoms are often at their wits' end to get help and are convinced that their symptoms are caused by organic illness.
Even when doctors suspect that their patients suffer from mass hysteria, they must examine all to be sure that one or two do not have an organic illness.
Patients often say they have aches and pains when no organic illness can be found.
Infants with this disorder can be distinguished from those with organic illness by their rapid physical improvement after hospitalization.
Even if he had suffered from an organic mental illness, caused by an underlying physical problem, van Gogh would have required psychiatric treatment.
Firstly, the possibility of any organic illness must be ruled out.
In other cases, there may be a mixture of organic illness and psychosomatic illness behind the symptoms - the two can coexist, one feeding on the other.