Psychological pain, also called sometimes psychalgia, is any mental, or mind, or non physical suffering. Emotional pain is a particular kind of psychological pain, more closely related to emotions. Another kind that is commonly found is spiritual or soul pain. In recent years there has been some prominence to quite controversial lawsuits in which the plaintiff seeks redress for pain and suffering that are not physical at all but purely psychological.

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  • Psychological pain, also called sometimes psychalgia, is any mental, or mind, or non physical suffering. Emotional pain is a particular kind of psychological pain, more closely related to emotions. Another kind that is commonly found is spiritual or soul pain. In recent years there has been some prominence to quite controversial lawsuits in which the plaintiff seeks redress for pain and suffering that are not physical at all but purely psychological. Recent research in neuroscience suggests that physical pain and psychological pain may share some underlying neurological mechanisms.
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  • Psychogenic pain
  • non physical pain
  • physical pain caused by psychological factors
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  • Psychological pain, also called sometimes psychalgia, is any mental, or mind, or non physical suffering. Emotional pain is a particular kind of psychological pain, more closely related to emotions. Another kind that is commonly found is spiritual or soul pain. In recent years there has been some prominence to quite controversial lawsuits in which the plaintiff seeks redress for pain and suffering that are not physical at all but purely psychological.
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  • Psychological pain
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