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on 08-Sep-03 06:55 AM
Girls suffer mass hysteria in a Nepal school
PTI[ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2003 01:33:00 PM ]
KATHMANDU: As many as two dozen schoolgirls in east Nepal have been diagnosed with mass hysteria, which the doctors blamed on the presence of only male teachers in the school.
A team of experts from BP Koirala Institute of Health Science examined the girls, aged between 13 to 16, from Nepal Rashtriya Secondary School in Sunsari district, as they were displaying unexplained emotional outbursts since last few months.
The girls, who would suddenly break into tears or start giggling, were found to be suffering from mass hysteria, the National News Agency reported quoting headmaster Daya Shanker Chaudhari.
There were only male teachers in the school and the disease had occurred due to suppressed feelings which the girls could not express in front of the male teachers, psychiatrist Binod Dev, who was involved in the treatment, said.
Earlier, parents "believed the girls were under the influence of supernatural powers and they had even sacrificed a black goat, besides offering special prayers to Gods".
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