Teen girls’ mystery illness now has a diagnosis: mass hysteria

Teen girls’ mystery illness now has a diagnosis: mass hysteria

MSM.com ^ | 1.18.2012 | n/a

Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:04:01 PM by wolfcreek

The day after TODAY reported on the baffling case of 12 teenage girls at one school who mysteriously fell ill with Tourette’s-like symptoms of tics and verbal outbursts, a doctor who is treating some of the girls has come forward to offer an explanation. Dr. Laszlo Mechtler, a neurologist in Amherst, N.Y., says the diagnosis is “conversion disorder,” or mass hysteria.

“It’s happened before, all around the world, in different parts of the world. It’s a rare phenomena. Physicians are intrigued by it,” Mechtler told TODAY on Wednesday. “The bottom line is these teenagers will get better.”

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