1983 West Bank fainting epidemic

When

21 Mar 1983 – Apr 1983

Kind

Epidemic

Coordinates

32.00° N, 35.35° E

Description

mass hysteria of fainting and dizziness in West Bank in March–April 1983

Cause

mass hysteria, nocebo

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Mass event in Palestine

In late March and early April 1983, large numbers of Palestinians in the West Bank complained of fainting and dizziness, the vast majority of whom were teenage schoolgirls and a smaller number of whom were female Israeli soldiers. The symptoms led to 943 hospitalizations.

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