Mass psychogenic illness: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Mass psychogenic illness: clinical features. Mass anxiety hysteria, Mass motor hysteria. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Types
- Mass anxiety hysteria
- Mass motor hysteria
Triggers
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Neurological symptoms
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Verbal symptoms
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Systemic symptoms
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Synonym
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References
- 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.
- Weir E. Mass sociogenic illness. CMAJ 2005; 172:36.
- Tarafder BK, Khan MA, Islam MT, et al. Mass psychogenic illness: demography and symptom profile of an episode. Psychiatry J 2016; 2016:2810143.
