Victoria Sevilla, Ivy van Domselaar, and Silvia Peñate’s Mass Psychogenic Illness Emergency Response Plan for Texas A&M University

Introduction: “Mass Psychogenic Illness (MPI) (also known as ‘mass hysteria’ or ‘mass sociogenic illness’) is the “rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group…whereby physical complaints that are exhibited unconsciously have no corresponding organic etiology.’ Universities must be prepared for a potential outbreak that might affect students, faculty, staff, and other members of the community.”