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Mass psychogenic illness

Mass psychogenic illness (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria or mass hysteria, involves the spread of illness symptoms through a population where there is no infectious agent responsible for contagion. It is the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group…

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Differential diagnosis
Actual diseases (e.g., infectious diseases, environmental toxins or exposures), somatic symptom disorder
Duration
For most cases, under 12 hours to days
Other names
Mass hysteria, epidemic hysteria, mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder
Prognosis
Most recover
Risk factors
Childhood or adolescence; female sex (girls/women); intense media coverage, or widespread publicity
Specialty
Psychiatry, clinical psychology

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Differential diagnosis · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → Actual diseases (e.g., infectious diseases, environmental toxins or exposures), somatic symptom disorder
Duration · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → For most cases, under 12 hours to days
Other names · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → Mass hysteria, epidemic hysteria, mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder
Prognosis · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → Most recover
Risk factors · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → Childhood or adolescence; female sex (girls/women); intense media coverage, or widespread publicity
Specialty · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → Psychiatry, clinical psychology
Symptoms · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → Headache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, cough, fatigue, sore throat
Treatment · 1
Mass psychogenic illness → Usually isolation or separation from perceived threat

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Mass psychogenic illnessDifferential diagnosisActual diseases (e.g., infectious diseases, environmental toxins or exposures), somatic symptom disorder1.00infobox
Mass psychogenic illnessDurationFor most cases, under 12 hours to days1.00infobox
Mass psychogenic illnessOther namesMass hysteria, epidemic hysteria, mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder1.00infobox
Mass psychogenic illnessPrognosisMost recover1.00infobox
Mass psychogenic illnessRisk factorsChildhood or adolescence; female sex (girls/women); intense media coverage, or widespread publicity1.00infobox
Mass psychogenic illnessSpecialtyPsychiatry, clinical psychology1.00infobox
Mass psychogenic illnessSymptomsHeadache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, cough, fatigue, sore throat1.00infobox
Mass psychogenic illnessTreatmentUsually isolation or separation from perceived threat1.00infobox
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screaminginstance ofreports of up to 15 girls showing unusual symptoms0.80text
tremblinginstance ofreports of up to 15 girls showing unusual symptoms0.80text
and banging their heads came up from a government school in Bageshwarinstance ofreports of up to 15 girls showing unusual symptoms0.80text

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