Psycho may refer to:

Mind

Psychopath Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality Construct (psychology), construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, along with boldness, bold, disinhibited, and egocentrism, egocentric traits. These traits are often ma ...

Sociopath Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, along with bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits. These traits are often masked by superficial charm and immunity to st ...

* Someone with a

personality disorder Personality disorders (PD) are a class of mental health conditions characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the culture. ...

* Someone with a

psychological disorder A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. A mental disorder is ...

** Someone with

psychosis In psychopathology, psychosis is a condition in which a person is unable to distinguish, in their experience of life, between what is and is not real. Examples of psychotic symptoms are delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized or inco ...

People with the nickname

Karl Amoussou Karl Amoussou (born November 21, 1985) is a French-German professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of Cage Warriors, where he is the current Welterweight Champion. A professional competitor since ...

or Psycho, mixed martial artist *

Peter Ebdon Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English retired professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach. Ebdon won nine ranking titles during his career, placing him in joint 14th position (with John Parrott ...

or Psycho, English snooker player *

Steve Lyons (baseball) Stephen John Lyons (born June 3, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player who previously worked as a television sportscaster for the New England Sports Network (NESN). He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams over ...

or Psycho, utility baseball player *

Joe Mazzulla Joseph Mazzulla (born June 30, 1988) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Psycho", he played college basketball for West Virginia Mo ...

or the Psycho, American basketball coach *

Jacob Noe Jacob Noe (born July 29, 1980) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in Bellator's Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor from 2000 until 2013, he also competed for Strikeforce. Background Noe was bo ...

or The Psycho, mixed martial artist *

Stuart Pearce Stuart Pearce (born 24 April 1962) is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play. ...

or Psycho, English football player and manager *

Bull Pain Frank Vizi (born June 9, 1961) is a German-born American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Bull Pain, Rick Gantner and Psycho. He is best known for his appearances with promotion such as the American Wrestling Association, Wor ...

or Psycho, American professional wrestler *

Psycho (wrestler) Psycho is a Japanese professional wrestler. His real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestler's real names often are not a matter of public record. He made his debut in 2001 and has worked a ...

, Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

* Krieg the Psycho, video game character in ''

Borderlands 2 ''Borderlands 2'' is a 2012 Action role-playing game, action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K (company), 2K. Taking place five years following the events of ''Borderlands (video game ...

'' * Sgt. Michael "Psycho" Sykes, video game character in ''

Crysis ''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...

'' * The Psycho, video game character in ''

Until Dawn ''Until Dawn'' is a 2015 interactive drama survival horror game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players assume control of eight young adults who have to survive on Blackwood Mountain when their ...

'' * Psycho Weasel, film character in ''

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...

Film

* ''Psycho'' (franchise), an American horror thriller film franchise based on the Bloch novel ** ''Psycho'' (1960 film), a film by Alfred Hitchcock ** ''Psycho'' (1998 film), a remake of the original film by Gus Van Sant starring Vince Vaughn * ''Psycho'' (2008 film) * ''Psycho'' (2013 film) * ''Psycho'' (2020 film)

Literature

* ''Psycho'' (novel), a 1959 book by Robert Bloch *

Psycho (brand) is a Japanese software publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of adult visual novels for 23 game development brands that Nexton is partners with. The company is located in Osaka, Japan. The current president, Akih ...

, a Japanese visual novel studio *

PsychoPublishing Omniscriptum Publishing Group, formerly known as VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, is a German publishing group headquartered in Riga, Latvia. Founded in 2002 in Düsseldorf, its book production is based on print-to-order technology. The company pub ...

, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing

Music

Psycho Records Hammer Records was a record label located in London, England. It was formed in 1979 and released records until the 1980s. Background Hammer Records was an independent record label. The label's records were distributed by Pye. The directors of the ...

a late 1970s UK record label *

The Psychos The Psychos were an American first-generation New York hardcore band. They were Roger Miret's previous band before joining Agnostic Front Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is co ...

, a New York hardcore band * ''Psycho'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to the 1998 remake of ''Psycho'' * ''Psycho'' (album), an album by That's Outrageous!

Songs

* "Psycho" (Anne-Marie and Aitch song) * "Psycho" (Dixie D'Amelio song) * "Psycho" (Lords of the Underground song) * "Psycho" (Imelda May song) * "Psycho" (Muse song) * "Psycho" (Maisie Peters song) * "Psycho" (Post Malone song) * "Psycho" (Puddle of Mudd song) * "Psycho" (Red Velvet song) * "Psycho" (Hardy song) * "Psycho", by Breaking Benjamin from ''

Ember An ember, also called a hot coal, is a hot lump of smouldering solid fuel, typically glowing, composed of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon-based material. Embers (hot coals) can exist within, remain after, or sometimes precede, a ...

'' * "Psycho", by Dave from ''

Psychodrama Psychodrama is an action method, often used as a psychotherapy, in which clients use spontaneous Adaptation (arts), dramatization, role playing, and dramatic self-presentation to investigate and gain insight into their lives. Developed by Jaco ...

'' * "Psycho", by 50 Cent from ''

Before I Self Destruct ''Before I Self Destruct'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper 50 Cent, released November 16, 2009, on Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, G-Unit Records, Interscope Records and Universal Music Group. The album is his final solo ...

'' * "Psycho", by

iamnot iamnot () is a South Korean rock band signed to Gravity Music. The trio was formed with main vocalist and guitarist Lim Heon-il, bassist Yang Si-on, and drummer Kim Jun-ho. In 2015, they released a string singles and their debut mini-album ''Wh ...

from ''Whoami'' * "Psycho", by

Lower Class Brats Lower Class Brats are an American street punk band founded in Austin, Texas in January 1995, based out of Southern California since 2017. The play a mix of Punk, Oi!, 70s Glam and straight ahead rock and roll. Line-up Current *Bones: vo ...

* "Psycho", by

Leon Payne Leon Roger Payne (June 15, 1917 – September 11, 1969), "the Blind Balladeer", was an American country music singer and songwriter. Life He was born in Alba, Texas, United States. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight in the other ...

* "Psycho", by

Mia Rodriguez Mia Rodriguez (born 14 July 2002) is an Australian pop music singer-songwriter. She started her career posting covers and other content on TikTok before releasing original music in 2019. Career Rodriguez began uploading cover songs to YouTub ...

* "Psycho", by

Rebound! Rebound! was a Swedish boyband pop duo established in 2010. Rebound! (written many times as REbound!) was made up of Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz, two contestants in Swedish ''Idol''. The band was dissolved in April 2011 after three hits, in ...

* "Psycho", by Scooter from ''

Back to the Heavyweight Jam The human back, also called the dorsum (: dorsa), is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck. It is the surface of the body opposite from the chest and the abdomen. The vertebral ...

'' * "Psycho", by

Soyeon Jeon So-yeon (; born August 26, 1998), known mononymously as Soyeon, is a South Korean rapper and record producer under Cube Entertainment. She first gained attention for competing in the television shows ''Produce 101'' and ''Unpretty Rapstar ...

, 2021 * "Psycho", by

the Sonics The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on Punk rock, punk and Garage rock, garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspir ...

* "Psycho", by System of a Down from ''

Toxicity Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism. Toxicity can refer to the effect on a whole organism, such as an animal, bacteria, bacterium, or plant, as well as the effect o ...

'' * "Psycho", by 12 Stones from '' Beneath the Scars''

Other uses

* ''Psychos'' (TV series), a British television drama broadcast in 1999 *

Psycho Donuts Psycho Donuts is a donut shop in Campbell, California opened in March 2009. The theme of the shop is "craziness"; it specializes in unusual donut flavors and many of its donuts' names are puns on mental illnesses or other mental health conditions, ...

, a donut store in Canada and Northern America *

Psychiatrist (game) Psychiatrist (also known as Psycho) is a party game Party games are games that are played at social gatherings to facilitate interaction and provide entertainment and recreation. Categories include (explicit) icebreaker, parlour (indoor), pi ...

or Psycho, a party game * Psycho, a type of drug in the ''

Fallout Nuclear fallout is residual radioactive material that is created by the reactions producing a nuclear explosion. It is initially present in the radioactive cloud created by the explosion, and "falls out" of the cloud as it is moved by the ...

'' series of video games * Psycho (automaton), a card-playing automaton created in the late 19th century

Mind

People with the nickname

Fictional characters

Film

Literature

Music

Songs

Other uses

See also