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Predictors of mass psychogenic illness in a junior secondary school in rural Botswana: A case control study

BACKGROUND: In March 2019, students at Lempu Secondary School in Kweneng District, Botswana displayed symptoms including headache, abnormal leg movements and difficulty walking. Within days, 133 students were admitted to Scottish Livingstone Hospital where mass psychogenic illness (MPI) was diagnose...

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Autores principales: Siamisang, Keatlaretse, Phologolo, Thabo, Mukuhwa, Terrence, Schafrick, Nathaniel, Mhaladi, Bonolo, Phuthego, Boang, Mmati, Monica, Masupe, Tiny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9210177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35747341
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1671