Mass hysteria, or mass psychogenic illness (MPI), refers to the rapid spread of symptoms or behaviors within a group without an identifiable physical cause, often triggered by psychological and social factors. This case report details an outbreak of MPI, commonly known as mass hysteria, at a ...
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hysteria a condition of extreme excitement characterized by emotional disturbance, sensory and motor derangement and sometimes the simulation of organic disorders. —hysterie,n.—hysteric, hysterical,adj. See also:Psychology -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
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Doubtless her child, yet the expression is equally adequate to the emotion evoked by a lover. If we were here specifically dealing with the emotion of love as a complex whole, and not with the psychology of the sexual impulse, it would certainly be necessary to discuss the maternal instinct...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook mental disorder (redirected fromPsychiatric disorders) Thesaurus Medical Related to Psychiatric disorders:schizophrenia,Mental disorders,Anxiety disorders,Psychological Disorders mental disorder n. Any of various disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or autism spect...
Current research has suggested that sex, sexual practices and sexual identities are increasingly being folded into people’s leisure and recreational
Interviewing is involved in every single one of your roles described in this book and probably many more besides. In the home and the ward you will be interviewing children, the ageing, the dying, the bereaved and the psychologically disturbed. You obvio
(psychology) A type of neurosis characterized by extreme emotionalism involving disorders of somatic and psychological functions; the conversion type is associated with neuromuscular and sensory symptoms such as paralysis, tremors, seizures, or blindness, whereas the dissociative displays disorders of conscio...
摘要: Author information: (1)Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 807.关键词:Humans Adolescent Psychology Mass Behavior Peer Group Ethnic Groups Educational Status Hysteria Adolescent Logistic Models Personality Inventory ...