psychogenic

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Some published reports have suggested that the symptoms were characteristic of "mass psychogenic illness," but the declassified report rejects that, finding that the AHIs "do not fit criteria for mass psychogenic illness."

From Salon

Baloh said the growing number of cases considered directed energy attacks is actually linked to “mass psychogenic illness,” in which people learning of others with symptoms begin to feel sick themselves.

From Seattle Times

Emotional stress can cause this psychogenic fever in many mammalian species, from rodents to humans1,2.

From Nature

"Think of mass psychogenic illness as the placebo effect in reverse," he told Vanity Fair.

From Fox News

Mass hysteria, or mass psychogenic illness, as it's also known, is the rapid spread of physical symptoms such as hyperventilation and twitching among a substantial group of people - with no plausible organic cause.

From BBC