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10 Rare Mental Disorders To Learn About

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Have you heard about dancing mania? While some mental conditions are well documented with treatment options, there are still others that we know very little about. In this video, we cover: erotomania, musical ear syndrome, visual snow syndrome, alien hand syndrome, folie a deux, hemispatial neglect, aphantasia, synesthesia, factitious disorder, and dancing mania. Which of these have you heard about before?

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Writer: Sid Thompson
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Bauer, Patricia. “Dancing Plague of 1518.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 8 Jan. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518.

Cronkleton, Emily. “Alien Hand Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 18 Sept. 2018, www.healthline.com/health/alien-hand-syndrome.

Editors of Hearing HealthCare. “My Tinnitus Has a Melody – Is That Possible?: Musical Ear Syndrome.” Hearing HealthCare, Inc. , 14 Feb. 2020, www.hearinghealthcareinc.com/musical-ear-syndrome/.

Editors of Neuroscientifically Challenged. “The Mysterious Dancing Mania and Mass Psychogenic Illness.” Neuroscientifically Challenged, Neuroscientifically Challenged, 9 Apr. 2019, www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/blog/dancing-mania-mass-psychogenic-illness.

Editors of Mayo Clinic. “Factitious Disorder.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 14 Dec. 2019, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356028.

Editors of Psychology Today. “Synesthesia.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 2020, www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/synesthesia.
Ingleson, Kanna. “Erotomania: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment.” Medical News Today, MediLexicon International, 28 Aug. 2017, www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319145.

Maddox, Lucy. “Aphantasia: What It’s like to Live with No Mind’s Eye.” BBC Science Focus Magazine, 8 Apr. 2020, www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/aphantasia-life-with-no-minds-eye/.

Parton, A, et al. “Hemispatial Neglect.” Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, BMJ Group, Jan. 2004, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1757480/.

Puledda, Francesca, et al. “Visual Snow Syndrome.” Neurology, Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on Behalf of the American Academy of Neurology, 11 Feb. 2020, n.neurology.org/content/94/6/e564.

Sharon, Idan. Shared Psychotic Disorder: Background and Criteria, History, Subtypes and Characteristics, Medscape, 9 Nov. 2019, emedicine.medscape.com/article/293107-overview.

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