KnowraMass psychogenic illnessLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Mass psychogenic illness, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 1Related 3Narrower topic 1Compared with 2Social contagionBroader topic: It demonstrates how symptoms can spread through expectation and social interaction.Collective traumaCompared with: It describes contagious symptoms, not a lasting social wound after catastrophe.Spirit possessionRelated: It offers a social-psychological account for some outbreaks interpreted as collective possession.Dancing plague of 1518Related: It is a leading modern framework for explaining the episode, though not a settled diagnosis.Havana syndromeCompared with: It is among proposed non-weapon explanations, but does not account for every reported case by itself.Tanganyika laughter epidemicNarrower topic: This is the clinical category used to explain the episode’s laughter and other symptoms.TarantismRelated: Some interpretations connect tarantism’s episodes to socially shared distress rather than envenomation.