1983 West Bank fainting epidemic

Quand

21 mars 1983 – avr. 1983

Type

Épidémie

Coordonnées

32.00° N, 35.35° E

Description

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

Cause

mass hysteria, nocebo

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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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