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  • The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria—or mass psychogenic illness (MPI)—rumored to have occurred in or near the village...
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  • Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness is a 2024 book by Jonathan Haidt which argues that the...
    11 KB (1,000 words) - 13:43, 22 September 2024
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    The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza...
    238 KB (26,716 words) - 23:10, 6 October 2024
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    There is an ongoing opioid epidemic (also known as the opioid crisis) in the United States, originating out of both medical prescriptions and illegal sources...
    250 KB (25,797 words) - 02:12, 2 October 2024
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    ranks as the fifth-deadliest pandemic or epidemic in history. In epidemiology, a pandemic is defined as "an epidemic occurring over a very wide area, crossing...
    369 KB (32,753 words) - 01:19, 13 October 2024
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    Retrieved May 19, 2018. Reynolds, Glenn (January 5, 2017). "New status anxiety fuels Trump derangement: Glenn Reynolds". USA Today. Archived from the...
    42 KB (3,466 words) - 14:38, 25 September 2024
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    anxiety hysteria. The DSM-IV-TR does not define a diagnosis for this condition but the text describing conversion disorder states that "In 'epidemic hysteria'...
    55 KB (6,136 words) - 02:58, 12 October 2024
  • (1969), "The Koro Epidemic in Singapore", Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 3 (3a (special issue on studies of anxiety)): 263–6, ISSN 0004-8674...
    41 KB (4,718 words) - 19:46, 25 August 2024
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    The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin (Danish: Begrebet Angest) is a philosophical...
    72 KB (11,022 words) - 22:53, 2 June 2024
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    Ebola (redirect from Ebola virus epidemic)
    387 cases, and 1,590 deaths. The largest Ebola outbreak to date was an epidemic in West Africa from December 2013 to January 2016, with 28,646 cases and...
    194 KB (18,637 words) - 01:02, 5 October 2024
  • Akureyri disease (also called Iceland disease or epidemic neuromyasthenia) is the name used for an outbreak of what is now recognised as myalgic...
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  • Thumbnail for Obsessive–compulsive disorder
    persistent unwanted thoughts, mental images, or urges that generate feelings of anxiety, disgust, or discomfort. Some common obsessions include fear of contamination...
    169 KB (18,661 words) - 17:28, 10 September 2024
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    Intrusive thought (category Anxiety)
    deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the thoughts may become paralyzing, anxiety-provoking, or persistent. Intrusive thoughts may also be associated with...
    45 KB (5,782 words) - 19:24, 24 September 2024
  • Anxiety disorders are common among children with ASD, although there are no firm data. Symptoms include generalized anxiety and separation anxiety, and...
    72 KB (8,716 words) - 23:07, 20 August 2024
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    often results from the improper indication of rotational motion. Nausea, anxiety, and a general ill feeling are common due to the distorted balance signals...
    19 KB (1,984 words) - 10:04, 11 August 2024
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    possible adverse effects. They have been used recreationally for their anti-anxiety and sedative effects, and are thus controlled in most countries due to...
    44 KB (4,711 words) - 18:17, 24 September 2024
  • contain the epidemic, as well as the ability of political leaders to offer reassurance to the American people. This led to great public anxiety and flight...
    17 KB (1,733 words) - 00:35, 1 September 2024
  • suicide epidemic is a large number of suicides taking place over a period of time in a manner that resembles a disease epidemic. Such epidemics have occurred...
    2 KB (217 words) - 14:03, 21 January 2024
  • people with bipolar disorder and sleep apnea, they are also common with anxiety disorders, OCD, and other psychiatric disorders such as attention deficit...
    14 KB (1,440 words) - 03:15, 11 September 2024
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    and a diazepine ring. They are prescribed to treat conditions such as anxiety disorders, insomnia, and seizures. The first benzodiazepine, chlordiazepoxide...
    159 KB (16,664 words) - 03:57, 9 October 2024
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