A mental condition or psychological state that originates from or is caused by brain pathology or dysfunction.
From Greek enkephalos (brain) + psyche (mind, soul) + -esis (process or condition). This rare term bridges neurology and psychology by connecting mental symptoms to physical brain disease.
Encephalopsychesis highlights a fundamental debate in medicine: when mental illness comes from the brain itself (organic), it's a medical problem—this word was physicians' way of saying 'the brain made the mind sick.'
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