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After a 9-year-old school girl developed crying and shouting episodes, quickly other children of the same school were also affected resulting in 47 affected students (37 females, 10 males) in the same day. Since 2016 similar episodes of mass psychogenic illness has been occurring in the same school every year.
Mass psychogenic illness; Other names: Mass hysteria, epidemic hysteria, mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder: Painting of Dancing plagues of the Middle Ages are thought to have been caused by mass hysteria. Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: Headache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, cough, fatigue, sore ...
Mass psychogenic illness is the spontaneous manifestation of the same or similar hysterical physical symptoms by more than one person. A common manifestation occurs when a group of people believe they are experiencing a similar disease or ailment, sometimes referred to as epidemic hysteria.
But Hysterical suggests not only that mass psychogenic illness is likely the right diagnosis but also that it sometimes takes shape in ways that most—especially those caught in its grips ...
Pages in category "Mass psychogenic illness in the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria—or mass psychogenic illness (MPI)—rumored to have occurred in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in Tanganyika (which, once united with Zanzibar, became the modern nation of Tanzania) near the border with Uganda.
Pages in category "Mass psychogenic illness in Europe" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In May 2001, reports circulated in New Delhi, India concerning a monkey-like creature that attacked people at night. [4] Eyewitness accounts were often inconsistent, but usually described the creature as about four feet (120 cm) tall, [5] covered in thick black hair, with a metal helmet, metal claws, glowing red eyes and three buttons on its chest.