There are many psychological ailments commonly misunderstood as demonic possession, particularly dissociative identity disorder.

Theorists following in this tradition provided a treasury of narratives to "explain" virtually every psychological ailment.

The survey said 36 percent of the patients suffered from psychological or ill-defined ailments in a wide variety of diagnoses.

The main medical problems were accidents and psychological ailments.

Whatever the case, hysteria, a psychological ailment with no known physical cause, multifarious symptoms and a checkered past, is more fashionable than ever.

There appears to be increasing support for the diagnosis that both organic and psychological ailments combined to cause his illness.

However, their conservative natures have always prohibited them from considering certain unconventional methods of treatment for severe psychological ailments such as this.

She was diagnosed as having serious psychological ailments and underwent brain surgery that reportedly resulted in an improvement in her health.

Sports, Brooks said, "creates a climate that discourages athletes from seeking or accepting care for physical and psychological ailments.

The case is an example of what advocates for the mentally ill call longstanding inequities in insurance coverage for psychological ailments.