psychischen
Psychisch is a German adjective meaning related to the mind or to mental processes, as opposed to the physical body. It is used to describe cognitive, emotional, or psychological aspects in everyday speech as well as in scientific and clinical contexts. The inflected form psychischen appears in various grammatical cases, for example in the dative feminine singular expression der psychischen Belastung or in the dative plural mit den psychischen Belastungen, among other endings depending on article and gender.
Etymology and background: The term derives from the Greek psyche, meaning mind or soul, combined with the
Common uses: The word appears in phrases such as psychische Gesundheit (mental health), psychische Belastungen (psychological
See also: Psychology, Psychiatry, Mental health, Seelisch (a related German term focusing more on emotional or