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Mass psychogenic illness

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sociogenic illness
epidemic
Subclass ofsomatic symptom disorder Edit

Mass psychogenic illness (MPI), dem sanso call mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria anaa mass hysteria, wey dey involve de spread of illness symptoms thru a population wer der be no infectious agent responsible for contagion.[1][2] E be de rapid spread of illness signs den symptoms wey dey affect members of a cohesive group, wey dey originate from a nervous system disturbance wey dey involve excitation, loss, anaa alteration of function, whereby physical complaints wey be exhibited unconsciously get no corresponding organic causes wey be known.[3][4]

References

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  2. Kelly, J.R.; Iannone, R.E.; McCarty, M.K. (2014). "The function of shared affect in groups". In von Scheve, Christian; Salmella, Mikko (eds.). Collective Emotions. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-965918-0. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. Tarafder, Binoy Krishna; Khan, Mohammad Ashik Imran; Islam, Md. Tanvir; Mahmud, Sheikh Abdullah Al; Sarker, Md. Humayun Kabir; Faruq, Imtiaz; Miah, Md. Titu; Arafat, S. M. Yasir (2016). "Mass Psychogenic Illness: Demography and Symptom Profile of an Episode". Psychiatry Journal (in English). 2016 (1) 2810143. doi:10.1155/2016/2810143. ISSN 2314-4335. PMC 4884863. PMID 27294104.
  4. Bartholomew, Robert; Wessely, Simon (2002). "Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness" (PDF). The British Journal of Psychiatry. 180 (4): 300–306. doi:10.1192/bjp.180.4.300. PMID 11925351. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2018-10-10.

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