McEvedy C P, Beard A W
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The reports of the 15 recorded outbreaks of benign myalgic encephalomyelitis have been reviewed and in one instance the original clinical data studied. We believe that a lot of these epidemics were psychosocial phenomena caused by one of two mechanisms, either mass hysteria on the part of the patients or altered medical perception of the community. We suggest that the name "myalgia nervosa" should be used for any future cases of functional disorder which present the same clinical picture.
对15起有记录的良性肌痛性脑脊髓炎疫情报告进行了审查,并对其中1例的原始临床数据进行了研究。我们认为,许多此类疫情是由以下两种机制之一引起的社会心理现象,要么是患者群体癔症,要么是社区医疗认知的改变。我们建议,对于未来出现相同临床表现的任何功能性障碍病例,应使用“神经性肌痛”这一名称。