Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México (Jan 2023)

Mass psychogenic illness: an entity poorly studied in Mexico

Miguel Á. Martínez-Medina,
Melissa Gastelum-Bernal,
Yoseline Cruz-Robles

Affiliations

Miguel Á. Martínez-Medina: Departamento de Enseñanza e Investigación, Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Melissa Gastelum-Bernal: Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Yoseline Cruz-Robles: Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24875/BMHIM.23000100
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 80, no. 5

Abstract

Outbreaks of mass psychogenic illness (MPI) or mass hysteria are common social phenomena worldwide, and Mexico has been no exception.

Published in Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México

ISSN: 1665-1146 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Spain
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/boletin-medico-del-hospital-infantil-de-mexico

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