Mass psychogenic illness (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria or mass hysteria, involves the spread...

are psychogenic, despite actual symptoms of a physical disorder. Psychology portal Functional symptom Habit cough Mass psychogenic illness Psychogenic amnesia...

example of fully developed cases of psychogenic movement disorder happening in mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness, which involves many individuals...

Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria, was published; it argued in support of the psychogenic illness hypothesis...

may refer to: Psychogenic pain Psychogenic disease Psychogenic amnesia Psychogenic cough, i.e. a habit cough Mass psychogenic illness This disambiguation...

medical sociologist Robert Bartholomew favors the neutral term mass psychogenic illness over mass hysteria. This is because people respond more favorably to...

Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria—or mass psychogenic illness (MPI)—rumored to have occurred in or near the village...

assaults were claimed to have occurred in the following months. Mass psychogenic illness (MPI) has been identified as a possible cause of the incidents...

many people simultaneously developing similar symptoms (as in mass psychogenic illness), and the gender difference in prevalence. The Lacanian model accepts...

with whom they were close. These public rallies were most popular in the mass campaigns immediately before and after the establishment of the People's...

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), which have been more recently classified as functional seizures, are events resembling an epileptic seizure...

Dissociative fugue (/fjuːɡ/), formerly called a fugue state or psychogenic fugue, is a rare psychiatric phenomenon characterized by reversible amnesia...

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Mass shooting contagion theory is the studied nature and effect of media coverage of mass shootings and the potential increase of mimicked events. Academic...

Elsagate is a controversy surrounding videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids that were categorized as "child-friendly", but contained themes inappropriate...

original 1973 case report of an episode mass psychogenic illness that was its inspiration. Mass psychogenic illness HELLP syndrome "The Falling". Twitter...

However, this is controversial. Tarantism is an expression of mass psychogenic illness documented in Southern Italy since the 11th century. Morgellons...

accounts of others with similar symptoms. This phenomenon is known as mass psychogenic illness, where physical symptoms without an organic cause spread to multiple...

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evidence of physical injury or illness. Headache, back pain, or stomach pain are some of the most common types of psychogenic pain. It is commonly accompanied...

century. The episode is one of colonial America's most notorious cases of mass hysteria. It was not unique, but a colonial manifestation of the much broader...

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is an early study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published...

and Fortean Times. He is an expert in fields such as mass hysteria and mass psychogenic illness and is frequently consulted by media during current events...

The Varginha UFO incident involves a series of events in 1996 when residents of Varginha, Brazil claimed seeing one or more strange creatures and at least...

unintentionally titillate their captive audience with lurid descriptions of black mass, blood sacrifice and uninhibited sex Davis, Rebecca (23 April 2013). "Analysis:...

Colombia after playing the game, and were quickly released with a diagnosis of mass hysteria. Kate Knibbs writes that "once the paranormal fad went viral, it...

chemical agents on a population, and that the trails are causing respiratory illnesses and other health problems. The claim has been dismissed by the scientific...

The 2016 clown sightings was a case of mass hysteria fuelled by reports of people disguised as evil clowns in incongruous settings, such as near forests...

scientists to explain a pattern in mass extinctions supposedly observed in the fossil record. According to the Shiva Hypothesis, mass extinctions are not random...

In Malay ghost beliefs, the Orang Minyak ("oily man" in Malay) is a supernatural creature coated with shiny black grease who abducts young women by night...