Ali-Gombe A, Guthrie E, McDermott N
Department of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Br J Psychiatry. 1996 May;168(5):633-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.168.5.633.
It has been suggested that mass hysteria can be divided into two syndromes; one with predominant features of anxiety and the other with predominant abnormalities of motor behaviour. In the former condition, prior tension is absent and spread is by visual contact. In the latter, prior tension is present, initial cases can be identified and spread is gradual.
The development and resolution of neurological symptoms in 156 Nigerian school girls were studied and a diagnosis of 'mass hysteria' made.
The signs and symptoms manifested by the school girls during the outbreak of illness had features of both 'anxiety' and 'motor' predominant forms of mass hysteria.
Although there may be two patterns of symptom presentation in mass hysteria, other supposedly discrete features overlap. This weakens the argument that there are two separate syndromes.
有人提出群体癔症可分为两种综合征；一种以焦虑为主要特征，另一种以运动行为异常为主要特征。在前一种情况下，不存在先前的紧张情绪，通过视觉接触传播。在后一种情况下，存在先前的紧张情绪，可以识别初始病例，传播是渐进的。
对156名尼日利亚女学生神经症状的发展和缓解情况进行了研究，并做出了“群体癔症”的诊断。
患病期间女学生表现出的体征和症状具有“焦虑”和“运动”为主型群体癔症的特征。
虽然群体癔症可能有两种症状表现模式，但其他所谓的离散特征存在重叠。这削弱了存在两种独立综合征的观点。
