Mass Psychogenic Illness: Risk Factors and Treatment
Perceived exposure to an illness-causing agent and observation of others developing symptoms may induce mass psychogenic illness.
Neurology Reviews. 2018 February;26(2):21-22
February 5, 2018|Neurology Reviews
—Jake Remaly
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Roach ES, Langley RL. Episodic neurological dysfunction due to mass hysteria. Arch Neurol. 2004;61(8):1269-1272.
