An Outbreak of Itching in an Elementary School—A Case of Mass Psychogenic Response

Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness

Robert E. Bartholomew, Simon Wessely · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2002 · 192 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +11

Mass Psychogenic Illness Attributed to Toxic Exposure at a High School

Timothy F. Jones, Allen S. Craig, Debbie Hoy et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 144 citations · Full text

Public Health, Psychiatry, Toxicology +13

Collective Behaviors: Mass Panic and Outbreaks of Multiple Unexplained Symptoms

Ross H. Pastel · Military Medicine · 2001 · 53 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Abnormal Psychology +13

The influence of newspaper reports on outbreaks of mass hysteria

Gary W. Small, Jonathan F. Borus · Psychiatric Quarterly · 1987 · 35 citations

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Sociology +14

A sudden outbreak of illness suggestive of mass hysteria in schoolchildren

Gary W. Small · Archives of Family Medicine · 1994 · 33 citations

Public Health, Psychology, Behavioral Epidemiology +9