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Epidemic Hysteria: School Outbreaks 1973–1993
Objective: Increased reporting of outbreaks has brought more familiarity with the syndrome but no more accurate knowledge about the nature and mechanisms of such episodes. As it has become an area for an expanding field of competitive explanations, the review is intended to find any additional epidemiological cues and any clarification about methods of investigating such outbreaks. Methods: The...
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The study refers to Sixty five cases, diagnosed as Hysteria in the course of one year in a general hospital clinic. High occurrence was seen in the age group of 16-20 years. Mean age was 19.1 years. Females formed the majority of the patients (63.1%). Occurrence was higher in unmarried males and females. Illness was more common in persons with lower education and socio-economic status. Nuclear ...
متن کاملEpidemic Hysteria: A Review of the Published Literature
Epidemic hysteria, known by multiple synonymous terms, including mass hysteria, mass psychogenic illness, and mass sociogenic illness, has been defined as a constellation of symptoms suggestive of organic illness, but without an identifiable cause, that occurs between two or more people who share beliefs related to those symptoms (1). Rather than being viewed as a collection of people suffering...
متن کاملRe: "Epidemic hysteria: a review of the published literature".
Epidemic hysteria, known by multiple synonymous terms, including mass hysteria, mass psychogenic illness, and mass sociogenic illness, has been defined as a constellation of symptoms suggestive of organic illness, but without an identifiable cause, that occurs between two or more people who share beliefs related to those symptoms (1). Rather than being viewed as a collection of people suffering...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0002-9572
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.55.6.858