Psycho is slang for a person who is either psychopathic or psychotic. The term is often considered mildly offensive or derogatory.

Films

• Psycho (1960 film), directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Psycho (1998 film), a remake directed by Gus Van Sant
• Psycho II, a 1983 sequel to the first film (unrelated to the novel Psycho II)
• Psycho III, a 1986 sequel to the first film
• Psycho IV: The Beginning, a 1990 prequel to the first film

Novels

• Psycho (novel), a 1959 novel by Robert Bloch
• Psycho II (novel), a 1982 novel by Bloch
• Psycho Barlas Karahocaoglu (novel), a 1991 novel by Sedef Işım
• Psycho House

Music

• "Psycho", a song by country and western songwriter Leon Payne. This is a tongue-in-cheek storyline song loosely based on the Norman Bates character.
• "Psycho (song)", a song by Puddle of Mudd from their album Famous
• "Psycho", a song by System of a Down from the album Toxicity
• "Psycho", a 1965 song by The Sonics
• "Psycho", a song by Infected Mushroom from The Gathering
• Psycho, an album by Element of Crime
• Psycho Killer, a song by Talking Heads
• Baltimore Psychobilly - Internet radio show featuring psychobilly music
• Psycho Girl, a song by Busted

Sports figures

• Stuart Pearce, an English football player and manager nicknamed "Psycho"
• Steve Lyons (baseball), a utility baseball player nicknamed "Psycho"
• Peter Ebdon, English snooker cueist nicknamed "Psycho"

Others

• Psycho, a horror comic magazine from Skywald Publications
• Psycho, an automaton invented and displayed on stage by the Victorian illusionist John Nevil Maskelyne
• Psycho (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
• Psychiatrist (game), also known as Psycho, a party game

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