Psycho may refer to:

Mind

Psychopath Psychopathy, sometimes considered synonymous with sociopathy, is characterized by persistent Anti-social behaviour, antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and Boldness, bold, Disinhibition, disinhibited, and Egotism, egotistical B ...

Sociopath Psychopathy, sometimes considered synonymous with sociopathy, is characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits. Different conceptions of psychopathy have been u ...

* Someone with a

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

* Someone with a

psychological disorder A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...

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 former snooker player. The winner of the 2002 World Snooker Championship, Ebdon won nine world ranking events, placing twelfth on the all-time list of ranking tournament winners. In addit ...

or Psycho, English snooker player *

Steve Lyons (baseball) Stephen John Lyons (born June 3, 1960) is a former American 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 a ...

or Psycho, utility baseball player *

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

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, Worl ...

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 u ...

, Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

* Psycho (''Borderlands'' character), a type of enemy in the videogame ''Borderlands'' * Sgt. Michael "Psycho" Sykes, a character in the videogame ''

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, a character in the videogame ''

Until Dawn ''Until Dawn'' is a 2015 interactive drama horror game, horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Players assume control of eight young adults who have to survive on B ...

'' * Psycho Weasel, a character in the film ''

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely adapted by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman from Gary K. Wolf's 1 ...

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, Akihik ...

, 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 publi ...

, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing

Musical works

The Psychos The Psychos were an American first-generation New York hardcore band. They were Roger Miret's previous band before joining Agnostic Front as a vocalist in 1982. In The Psychos, Miret played bass while the vocalist was Steve Rieber (later of Swine ...

, 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" (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", by

Anne-Marie Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's "Rockabye (song), Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm (Anne-Marie song ...

and

Aitch H, or h, is the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''aitch'' (pronounced , plural ''aitches''), or regio ...

* "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 dramatization, role playing, and dramatic self-presentation to investigate and gain insight into their lives. Developed by Jacob L. Moreno and ...

'' * "Psycho", by 50 Cent from '' Before I Self Destruct'' * "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 a street punk band founded in Austin, Texas in January 1995. Based out of Southern California since 2017. Biography Formed in 1995 in Austin TX, Lower Class Brats . mix Punk, Oi!, 70s Glam and straight ahead rock and rol ...

* "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 othe ...

* "Psycho", by

Rebound! Rebound! was a Sweden, Swedish boyband pop music, pop Musical ensemble, duo established in 2010. Rebound! (written many times as REbound!) was made up of Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz, two contestants in Swedish ''Idol (Sweden), Idol''. The band w ...

* "Psycho", by Scooter from ''

Back to the Heavyweight Jam ''Back to the Heavyweight Jam'' is the sixth studio album by German band Scooter, released on 27 September 1999. It contains two singles, "Faster Harder Scooter" and "Fuck the Millennium". After the single release of "Fuck the Millennium" the a ...

'' * "Psycho", by Soyeon, 2021 * "Psycho", by

the Sonics The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Washington (state), Washington that formed in 1960. Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on Punk rock, punk and Garage rock, garage music worl ...

* "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, bacterium, or plant, as well as the effect on a subst ...

'' * "Psycho", by 12 Stones from ''

Beneath the Scars ''Beneath the Scars'' is the fourth studio album by the rock music group 12 Stones. It was released on May 22, 2012. The album was produced by Skidd Mills, who produced the band's previous album ''Anthem for the Underdog''. The album's first s ...

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), picn ...

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

Fallout Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. It commonly refers to the radioac ...

'' series of video games