Mass family hysteria: A report from India

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 643-646

  Mattoo, Surendra K ^a   Gupta, Nitin ^a   Lobana, Aprajita ^a   Bedi, Balraj ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Family; Mass hysteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; INDIA; RELIGION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; INDIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; RECURRENCE; RELIGION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 0036891099     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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