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Psychedelic poster
A psychedelic poster is a San Francisco concert advertisement of 1966 to 1971, with swirling lettering and vibrant colors that became the visual language of the 1960s counterculture.
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock, also called acid rock, is 1960s rock music attempting to reproduce LSD-like altered states in sound. It began in 1965 in San Francisco and London, peaked 1966-1969, and spawned progressive rock and neo-psychedelia.
Psychedelic soul
Psychedelic soul, also called black rock, is a late-1960s genre fusing soul with psychedelic rock production: wah-wah guitars, synthesizers, studio effects, and extended mixes. Key acts: Sly & the Family Stone, the Temptations under Norman Whitfield, the Chambers Brothers; precursor to funk and disco.
Psychedelic therapy
Psychedelic therapy, or psychedelic-assisted therapy, uses psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, or ayahuasca with psychological support to treat depression, PTSD, and substance use disorders; investigational, FDA-guided, not yet approved.
Psychedelic trance
Psychedelic trance (psytrance) is a fast, hypnotic electronic dance music genre, 138–150 BPM with rolling basslines, that grew from 1990s Goa trance in India, was shaped by labels like Dragonfly Records, and now spans subgenres and global festivals such as Boom and Ozora.
Psychiatric assessment
Psychiatric assessment: comprehensive clinical evaluation for mental disorder diagnosis, built on the psychiatric interview, history taking, and mental state examination; structured interviews such as the SCID outperform unstructured ones, organized against DSM-5-TR and ICD criteria.
Psychiatric genetics
Psychiatric genetics is the field of research studying the role of genes in mental illness, with twin studies showing heritability from 37% for depression to 85% for schizophrenia.
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospital: inpatient facility for treating mental disorders, historically the asylum (first U.S. example 1752, over 500,000 patients by the 1950s), transformed by deinstitutionalization after chlorpromazine and the 1963 Community Mental Health Centers Act.
Psychiatric interview
The psychiatric interview is a clinical method in which a psychiatrist systematically questions and observes a patient to assess mental symptoms, establish diagnoses, and guide treatment planning.
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychiatric nursing (psychiatric-mental health nursing), specialty nursing field caring for people with mental illness in hospitals, community, and primary care; history from 1882 McLean Asylum training school, therapeutic relationship focus, and trial evidence on nurse-delivered interventions.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Psychiatric rehabilitation (psychosocial rehabilitation, PSR) helps people with severe mental illness live independently in the community. Emerged in the 1970s from deinstitutionalization; key models include ACT, IPS supported employment, and supportive housing.
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor specializing in mental health, including substance use disorders, trained through medical school and residency to prescribe medications, provide psychotherapy, and perform medical treatments.
Psychiatry
Psychiatry, the medical specialty for mental, behavioral, and personality disorders; also called psychological medicine. Physicians trained ~12 years; DSM-based diagnosis since 1952; treatments include psychotherapy, medication, and community-based care.
Psychiatry research
Psychiatry Research is an Elsevier peer-reviewed journal founded in 1979 (ISSN 0165-1781), covering biological, psychological, and treatment research in psychiatry; distinct from the 2016-independent spin-off Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging.
Psychic
A psychic claims to perceive hidden information through extrasensory perception or influence events via psychokinesis; abilities include telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. Scientific testing (ganzfeld, mediumship) remains contested, and psychic services form a multibillion-dollar industry.
Psychic Fever from Exile Tribe
PSYCHIC FEVER from EXILE TRIBE is a seven-member Japanese dance-vocal boy group (KOKORO, WEESA, TSURUGI, RYOGA, REN, JIMMY, RYUSHIN) under LDH JAPAN; debuted July 2022 with album P.C.F as the seventh EXILE TRIBE group, went viral with "Just Like Dat feat. JP THE WAVY," and signed to Warner/10K Projects in 2025.
Psychic vampire
The psychic vampire, also known as Psi-Vamp, is a figure in modern subculture and fiction that drains energy, with the concept detailed in Michelle Belanger's 2004 Codex.
Psycho (1960 film)
Psycho, also known as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, is a 1960 American suspense-horror film starring Anthony Perkins as motel keeper Norman Bates, adapted from Robert Bloch's novel.
Psycho (1998 film)
Psycho is a 1998 American horror film directed by Gus Van Sant, a near shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's 1960 classic starring Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche.
Psycho (2020 film)
Psycho (சைக்கோ) is a 2020 Tamil psychological thriller directed by Mysskin, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nithya Menen, and Rajkumar Pitchumani, with Ilaiyaraaja's music; released 24 January 2020, based on the Angulimala tale, not related to Hitchcock's 1960 film.
Psycho (franchise)
The Psycho franchise is an American horror series built around Norman Bates, beginning with Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, followed by three sequels and a 1998 remake.
Psycho (novel)
Psycho (novel), Robert Bloch's 1959 Simon & Schuster horror novel, also called Psicosis, about Norman Bates and the Bates Motel in Fairvale, California; inspired by the Ed Gein case and adapted by Hitchcock in 1960.
Psycho Circus
Psycho Circus is a 1998 studio album by the American rock band Kiss, released on Mercury Records and credited to the original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss.
Psycho II (film)
Psycho II is a 1983 American psychological horror thriller directed by Richard Franklin, in which Norman Bates returns to the Bates Motel twenty-two years after his institutionalization.
Psycho III
Psycho III, also known as Psycho 3, is a 1986 American slasher film, the third in the Psycho franchise, directed by Anthony Perkins, who also stars as Norman Bates.
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) is a Showtime television prequel to Hitchcock's Psycho, directed by Mick Garris, written by Joseph Stefano, starring Anthony Perkins in his final Norman Bates role, with Henry Thomas and Olivia Hussey.
Psycho Killer
Psycho Killer: 1977 Talking Heads song by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads: 77, with a French bridge by Weymouth; also a poorly received 2026 horror film directed by Gavin Polone.
Psycho Killer (film)
Psycho Killer is a 2026 American horror film directed by Gavin Polone and written by Andrew Kevin Walker, starring Georgina Campbell and James Preston Rogers.
Psycho Mantis
Psycho Mantis (サイコ・マンティス) is the psychic FOXHOUND boss from Metal Gear Solid (1998) who reads the player's memory card, moves the controller, and is beaten by switching to controller port 2.
Psycho Patrol R
Psycho Patrol R is a single-player mecha first-person shooter hybrid by Consumer Softproducts, released into Steam Early Access on March 23, 2025, as the follow-up to Cruelty Squad.