Outbreak of Mysterious Illness Among Hospital Staff: Poisoning or Iatrogenic Reinforced Mass Psychogenic Illness?

Abstract Background Hospitals are rarely reported as settings for mass psychogenic illness (MPI). The present report scrutinizes an outbreak of probable MPI among hospital staff, with medical intervention reinforcing the course of the illness. Case Report Four of seven staff members in an emergency...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of emergency medicine 2016-02, Vol.50 (2), p.e47-e52
Hauptverfasser:	Jacobsen, Peter, MD, Ebbehøj, Niels Erik, DrMed Sc
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air Pollutants, Occupational - analysis Air Pollutants, Occupational - poisoning anxiety Diagnosis, Differential Disease Outbreaks Emergency Emergency Service, Hospital health care resilience Hospitalization Humans Hydrogen Sulfide - poisoning Hyperbaric Oxygenation iatrogenic mass psychogenic illness Nausea - psychology Personnel, Hospital - psychology Poisoning - diagnosis Psychophysiologic Disorders - diagnosis Psychophysiologic Disorders - epidemiology Reinforcement (Psychology) Vertigo - psychology
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