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Mass psychogenic illness (Wikipedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness
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Mass psychogenic illness (Wikipedia)
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Mass psychogenic illness (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria or mass hysteria, involves the spread of illness symptoms through a population where there is no infectious agent responsible for contagion.
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This source backs 5 claims across the atlas. As facts: 3 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Psychological Phenomena, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.

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3

Psychological Phenomena

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1

Psychological Phenomena

General References

1

Psychological Phenomena

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