Can you really get tics from TikTok?
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Symptomatology in Adolescent Patients
Mass sociogenic illness is a term for a phenomenon that used to be known as the now unfashionable mass hysteria. In doctor mullervall's study, the gender distribution of patients was more equal but all patients presenting with functional tick like behaviors had underlying mental health concerns. There are mysterious instances of m s documented way back in the middle s,. Like those nuns at one french convent who couldn't stop meowing. And it was clear that there's no underlying somatic disease, but psychological symptom.
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