110. Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic: When the Joke's Not Funny
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110. Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic: When the Joke's Not Funny
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Join us as we discuss the case of Mass Psychogenic Illness that caused 1,000 young people to be infected with uncontrollable, hysterical laughter in Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania). Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses.
Sources
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249929567_The_laughter_of_the_1962_Tanganyika_'laughter_epidemic'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_laughter_epidemic
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC543940/
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