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An epidemic of "jhin-jhini" - a strange contagious psychogenic disorder in a village in west bengal.

D N Nandi¹, G Banerjee, H Saha, B Sen, A Bhattacharjee.

Abstract

An epidemic psychogenic disorder called "Jhin-Jhini" which broke out in a village in West Bengal, is described. Tlie social anthropological perspective is explored.

Entities: Disease

Year: 1992 PMID： 21776146 PMCID： PMC2982975

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Psychiatry ISSN： 0019-5545 Impact factor: 1.759

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