1983 West Bank fainting epidemic

Quando

21 de mar. de 1983 – abr. de 1983

Tipo

Epidemia

Coordenadas

32.00° N, 35.35° E

Description

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

Cause

mass hysteria, nocebo

Posicionado na área, não em um local exato.

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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