MacLachlan, Malcolm; Banda, Dixie Maluwa; Auliffe, Eilish Mc - In: Psychology and Developing Societies 7 (1995) 1, pp. 79-90
We describe a case of Epidemic Psychological Disturbance (EPD) involving 110 pupils at a Catholic Girls Secondary School in Malawi. The EPD 'syndrome' included 'outward' behaviours (screaming, continuous laughing, crying loudly, falling down and rolling, violently threatening classmates,...