Mass psychogenic illness: clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on mass psychogenic illness: clinical features: Types Mass anxiety hysteria Mass motor hysteria Triggers Neurological symptoms Verbal symptoms Systemic symptoms Synonym

Types

  • Mass anxiety hysteria
  • Mass motor hysteria

Triggers

Neurological symptoms

Verbal symptoms

Systemic symptoms

Synonym

References

  1. Bartholomew RE, Wessely S. Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness: from possessed nuns to chemical and biological terrorism fears. Br J Psychiatry 2002; 180:300-306.
  2. Weir E. Mass sociogenic illness. CMAJ 2005; 172:36.
  3. Tarafder BK, Khan MA, Islam MT, et al. Mass psychogenic illness: demography and symptom profile of an episode. Psychiatry J 2016; 2016:2810143.

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