The Psychiatry of Cargo Cult

Bg, Burton-Bradley

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb115119.x

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“…Similar situations are described in East Africa and the north of Canada. Parallels are also found in the cargo cults, not just confined to the South Seas (Cohn, 1957), which are held to result from the collision of a non-literate and a technologically superior society, the cultists expressing similar aspirations but being unable to achieve them (Burton-Bradley, 1973).…”

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Mass hysteria: two syndromes?

Wessely

1987

Psychol. Med.

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SynopsisOn the basis of a literature review it is concluded that mass hysteria can be divided into two syndromes. One form, to be called ‘mass anxiety hysteria’, consists of episodes of acute anxiety, occurring mainly in schoolchildren. Prior tension is absent and the rapid spread is by visual contact. Treatment consists of separating the participants and the prognosis is good. The second form, to be called ‘mass motor hysteria’, consists of abnormalities in motor behaviour. It occurs in any age group and prior tension is present. Initial cases can be identified and the spread is gradual. Treatment should be directed towards the underlying stressors but the outbreak may be prolonged. In mass anxiety hysteria the abnormality is confined to group interactions; in mass motor hysteria abnormal personalities and environments are implicated.

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Mass hysteria: two syndromes?

Wessely

1987

Psychol. Med.

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“…Most of these authors are primarily interested in group phenomena and social structure, but it is interesting to note that they have all reported briefly en passant on compulsive twitchings, shaking fits, trances, hysterias, bizarre behavior, revolutionary destructiveness, psychological marginality, deprivations in childhood, and auditory and visual hallucinations. My own interpretations of these phenomena are contained in Burton-Bradley (1973.…”

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