@article{ref1,
title="Recurrent mass hysteria in schoolchildren in Western Nepal",
journal="Indian journal of psychiatry",
year="2020",
author="Poudel, Reet and Aich, Tapas Kumar and Bhandary, Krishma and Thapa, Dipendra and Giri, Rajesh",
volume="62",
number="3",
pages="316-319",
abstract="AIM: The aim was to study the clinical presentation and factors contributing to &quot;recurrent mass hysteria&quot; among rural schoolgoing children.   Materials and Methods: A visit to a school in a remote hilly district of Puythan, Nepal, was carried out to assess students experiencing mass dissociative/conversion symptoms over a short period of time. There was a second incidence of &quot;mass hysteria&quot; on the day of visit. Regular follow-up of these students was done telephonically for the next 1 year.   Results: The total number of child victim of &quot;mass hysteria&quot; was 47, with majority of them being girl students. Historically, at least two more attacks of &quot;mass hysteria&quot; were noted in the schoolchildren in the preceding years. Follow-up study revealed no further attacks of similar &quot;mass attacks&quot; over the following 1 year.   Conclusion: Supporting, assuring, counseling, and educating these children, their parents and teachers and conducting public awareness programs are the mainstay of treatment of mass hysteria.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-5545",
doi="10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_571_19",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_571_19"
}