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Public HealthPsychiatryEpidemiologyClinical ManifestationsHuman DiseaseMental IllnessSocial EpidemiologySymptom ClustersCohesive GroupMass Psychosomatic SymptomsPhysical IllnessSymptom Propagation
Background and epidemiology: Mass sociogenic illness refers to the “rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a nervous system disturbance involving excitation, loss or alteration of function, whereby physical complaints that are exhibited
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Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness
Robert E. Bartholomew, Simon Wessely · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2002 · 192 citations · Full text
Mass psychogenic illness: role of the individual physician.
Timothy F. Jones · PubMed · 2000 · 34 citations
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