pt and mom reports improvement in mood/psychotic symptoms but not
optimally controlled . d/w consider alternate medications , optimize
medication dose -agreeable with plan will get medical records for review
Severe mood disorder with psychotic features (disorder)
(F31.64/296.64) Bipolar disorder, current episode mixed, severe, with
psychotic features modified 6 Jan, 2020 Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type (disorder) (F25.0/295.70) Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type modified 6 Jan, 2020
pt and mom reports mood/psychotic symptoms not optimally controlled
-off psychotorpics - contributing factors as above. d/w consider
alternate medications , optimize medication dose -agreeable with plan will get medical records for review from dr farooqi .
Severe mood disorder with psychotic features (disorder)
(F31.64/296.64) Bipolar disorder, current episode mixed, severe, with
psychotic features modified 6 Jan, 2020
NO CURES AVAILABLE 3/5/2022 Requested Dr.P to discuss history with Dr. Jakkula before appointment. Deepa 03/01/2022
As telehealth/video provider, I Jagan Jakkula MD, attest that I
introduced myself to patient, provide the credentials, disclosed my
location , other participants in the virtual visit , and the reason for
real time two way interactive audio and video consult , I and patient
have mutually agreed that this visit is appropriate for video technology
.
Originating site (Patient location) : patients home Distant location(provider location) : Irvine, California
Psych Syndromes:
Patient seen for follow up for medication management .
accompanied by mom. says he is doing better, says taking lamictal ,just
started higher dose- says tolerating it , says seems to help to some
extent . says still feeling down, anxious somedays . denies panic
attacks .. gets 6-7 hrs sleep/night .
noted to be DELUSIONAL [ REJECTED BY PATIENT KNOWLEDGE ] -seems to
be chronic in nature
PATIENT INSERT ON THE CLINICAL TERM USED HERE "DELUSIONAL":
BREAK FOR A REUTER'S FACT CHECK STATEMENT ON MASS PARANOIA! DELUSIONS AND PSYCHOSIS!
Fact Check-No evidence of pandemic ‘mass formation psychosis’, say experts speaking to Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-psychology-idUSL1N2TN1RE
AS MENTIONED IN THIS CITATION IN REFERENCE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, APPLIES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN GENERAL INCLUDING GANG STALKING. REFERENCES TO COVID PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN OMITTED IN THIS PRESENTATION OF FACTS CHECK
This Analysis Applies to any and all claims of mass delusional thinking surrounding any topic, the pandemic and/or gang stalking similarly!
By Reuters Fact Check Mass formation psychosis. is not an academic term recognized in the field of psychology, nor is there evidence of any such phenomenon occurring, multiple experts in crowd psychology have told Reuters. Dr Robert Malone, previously fact-checked by Reuters, told The Joe Rogan Experience that mass formation psychosis is a phenomenon that occurred in 1920s and 30s Germany when a highly educated population went barking mad. According to Malone, the condition occurs when a society.becomes decoupled from each other and has a free-floating anxiety in a sense that things don't make sense. And then their attention gets focused by a leader or series of events on one small point, just like hypnosis. He added:.They literally become hypnotized and can be led anywhere. They will follow that person. it doesn't matter whether they lie to them or whatever, the data are irrelevant.. The phrase does not appear in the American Psychological Association (APA) Dictionary of Psychology (dictionary.apa.org/), (dictionary.apa.org/browse/m) nor does it appear in the PsycNet database of published research articles. Numerous psychologists have also told Reuters that such a condition is not officially recognized. .I have never heard of this concept. John Drury, Professor of Social Psychology and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Sussex, wrote in an email to Reuters. Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, said the term.doesn't exist as a real academic concept. , adding: I've been studying group identity and collective behaviour for nearly two decades and just published a book on the topic (www.powerofus.online/) and not once have I come across this term. .It seems to have been made up recently. There are similar-sounding concepts, like. mass psychogenic illness,' but the scope of these is relatively narrow compared to what is being proposed here.. Reuters also spoke to Steven Reicher, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of St Andrews, who has studied crowd psychology for more than 40 years. He described the concept of a.mass psychosis. as.more metaphor than science, more ideology than fact. . .It arises out of mass society theories and crowd psychology theories which developed in the 19th century, and which reflected a fear of the masses. he said The claim was that people in the mass lose their sense of identity and their ability to reason, they regress to an inferior mental state where they are manipulable by unscrupulous leaders.
It has been totally discredited by contemporary work on groups and crowds. Van Bavel, who said he found the idea of mass formation psychosis reductionist, highlighted a different account of the role of psychology, groups and leadership in the rise of Naziism.
We would argue that as well as being consistent with contemporary thinking in social psychology (e.g. after Tajfel & Turner, 1979), this analysis also articulates more closely than Zimbardo s original role account with the analysis of tyranny put forward by researchers in other academic disciplines. Most notably, it accords with influential analysis proposed by modern historians (e.g. Abel, 1986; Gellately, 2001; Hobsbawm,1995; Rees, 2002). Consider, for instance, Hobsbawm s account of the conditions that gave rise to the fall of the Weimar republic and the emergence of Nazism in 1930sGermany. The optimal conditions for the triumph of the ultra-right were an old state and its ruling mechanisms which could no longer function; a mass of disenchanted, disoriented and disorganized citizens who no longer knew where their loyalties lay; strong socialistmovements threatening or appearing to threaten social revolution, but not actually in a position to achieve it.... These were the conditions that turned movements of the radical right into powerful, organized and sometimes uniformed and paramilitary forces (1995, p. 127).
End Of Naziism Citation.
What is true, of course, is that people do have to make sense of a confusing and complicated world with different accounts coming from different sources, said Reicher.
We are not scientific experts so when people tell us contradictory things about a lesser known or newer scientific discipline field, who do we listen to?
That is a matter of trust and of our social relationship to the source of information. So, the politicisation of the pandemic, the creation of a sense of an
establishment enemy who wants to control us is certainly important. It makes the establishment of trust an absolutely critical aspect of the pandemic and hence such things
as transparency, respect, clarity etc. become critical.. He added:, But telling people who disagree with you that they are deluded and in a state of psychosis is essentially
a device to silence them and a form of disrespect. It alienates and hence undermines an attempt at dialogue. It isn't an explanation of the problem; it is part of the problem..
Chris Cocking, Principal Lecturer at the School of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences at the University of Brighton, told Reuters that a preferred way to explain crowd action
was in terms of shared identities, relations between different groups and leadership influence. . He said:We have all spent our careers trying to undo irrationalist approaches
that pathologize crowd behaviour.. Recent studies on urban disorder, including the 2011 riots in England (here) and the 2005 London bombing (here), have shown thatcrowds behave
in ordered and normative ways depending on the shared identities experienced by crowd members and the social context in which they happen and they often limit their own behaviour,.
Cocking added.
The idea that crowds fall under a mass psychosis which means they are no longer responsible for their actions is a total myth that's not supported by any credible evidence..
VERDICT Missing context. There is no evidence to suggest mass formation psychosis. The term itself is not recognised among academics, and modern research into crowd psychology
has shown that crowds do not behave in mindless or non-individualistic ways. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
END OF REUTER'S FACT CHECK CITATION.
. says he has bipolar -unable to give a clear hx
for manic/hypomanic symptoms . denies command , visual, auditory
hallucinations , suicidal thoughts , self injurious behaviors ,
homicidal thoughts .. reports compliance with medications, tolerating
except as above
substance abuse hx: per chart review- unable get from pt at this time
SUBSTANCE ASSESSMENT HX: -cannabis: Endorsed last used last month -alcohol: denied -meth/cocaine: endorsed onset: age 20 amount: < 1 gm/month last used: a month ago -Nicotine use/Vaping: never smoke, per patient
Review of systems : Constitutional: negative Endocrinology: negative Skin: negative Respiratory: negative Gastrointestinal: negative Genitourinary: negative Musculoskeletal: negative Neurological: negative psychiatry : see HPI
Medications:
Lamictal, take 2 tablets twice a day (Edited by JAGAN JAKKULA on Mar 24, 2022)
MSE:
The patient's speech was normal, sharing conversation with normal
laryngeal efforts. Appropriate mood and affect were seen :better ,
anxious, irritable -mood congruent .. Thought processes -tengential,
disoragnised . dneies suicidal/homicidal thoughts . The patient's
judgement -seems impaired . Mental status included: correct time, place,
person orientation, normal recent and remote memory, normal attention
span and concentration ability. Language skills included the ability to
correctly name objects. Fund of knowledge included normal awareness of
current and past events
DSM-5:
Schizoaffective bipolar by hx
Assessment:
pt and mom reports improvement in mood/psychotic symptoms but not
optimally controlled . d/w consider alternate medications , optimize
medication dose -agreeable with plan will get medical records for review
Plan:
Increase lamictal to 50 mg bid after 2 weeks . psychoeducation
provided about diagnosis ,treatment plan, interactions with other
medications . medication side effects, risks, benefits and alternatives
was discussed including periodic monitoring of parameters individual therapy recommended if worsening symptoms , call my office obtain medical records from previous provider safety plan: patient agrees to utilize the following resources in the event of acute suicidal urges: ER,walk in clinic, crisis line/team, stay with family, structured plans, call contact person short term goal: obtain all medical records, medication tolerance long term plan: remission of symptoms and maintain stability patient understands and agrees with plan f/u in 3-4 weeks or sooner if needed
CC:
Requested Dr.P to discuss history with Dr. Jakkula before appointment. Deepa 03/01/2022
As telehealth/video provider, I Jagan Jakkula MD, attest that I
introduced myself to patient, provide the credentials, disclosed my
location , other participants in the virtual visit , and the reason for
real time two way interactive audio and video consult , I and patient
have mutually agreed that this visit is appropriate for video technology
.
Originating site (Patient location) : patients home Distant location(provider location) : Irvine, California
HPI:
Patient seen for initial evaluation , referred for medication
management . per chart review- patient currently on lamictal,
cariprazine-says he is not taking them , says he is waiting to see this
provider before start taking -says cariprazine is expensive , cannot
afford , wants to try alternate medications . says he has seen dr frooqi
in the past, seen np recently . accompanied by mom. says currently
living with mom . says he needs to get back on his [HIV] medication . says he
wants this provider to acknowledge "gang stalking"
and wants the
provider to read up on "gang stalking" and attest that the disorder
called "gang stalking" is real . says he has been off his medications
for last year . says diagnosed with schizoaffective - bipolar . says
he moved to california since 2017 , says he was diagnosed with bipolar
about 15 years ago. says he was admitted to in pt psych unit few
times-says thinks he was manic at that time . denies hallucinations
.says sleeping ok. says he is very anxious , says he is unable to get
care for his medication . says he is feeling depressed and anxious .
patient endorses low mood, anhedonia ,low energy ,motivation,
hopelessness, , low psychomotor activity, constant racing thoughts ,
unable to relax, fidgety . denies panic attacks . says he is sleeping
well . gets 7-8 hrs sleep/night .
noted to be DELUSIONAL [ REJECTED BY PATIENT KNOWLEDGE ] -seems to be
chronic in nature .
PATIENT INSERT ON THE CLINICAL TERM USED HERE "DELUSIONAL":
BREAK FOR A REUTER'S FACT CHECK STATEMENT ON MASS PARANOIA! DELUSIONS AND PSYCHOSIS!
Fact Check-No evidence of pandemic ‘mass formation psychosis’, say experts speaking to Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-psychology-idUSL1N2TN1RE
AS MENTIONED IN THIS CITATION IN REFERENCE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, APPLIES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN GENERAL INCLUDING GANG STALKING. REFERENCES TO COVID PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN OMITTED IN THIS PRESENTATION OF FACTS CHECK
This Analysis Applies to any and all claims of mass delusional thinking surrounding any topic, the pandemic and/or gang stalking similarly!
By Reuters Fact Check Mass formation psychosis. is not an academic term recognized in the field of psychology, nor is there evidence of any such phenomenon occurring, multiple experts in crowd psychology have told Reuters. Dr Robert Malone, previously fact-checked by Reuters, told The Joe Rogan Experience that mass formation psychosis is a phenomenon that occurred in 1920s and 30s Germany when a highly educated population went barking mad. According to Malone, the condition occurs when a society.becomes decoupled from each other and has a free-floating anxiety in a sense that things don't make sense. And then their attention gets focused by a leader or series of events on one small point, just like hypnosis. He added:.They literally become hypnotized and can be led anywhere. They will follow that person. it doesn't matter whether they lie to them or whatever, the data are irrelevant.. The phrase does not appear in the American Psychological Association (APA) Dictionary of Psychology (dictionary.apa.org/), (dictionary.apa.org/browse/m) nor does it appear in the PsycNet database of published research articles. Numerous psychologists have also told Reuters that such a condition is not officially recognized. .I have never heard of this concept. John Drury, Professor of Social Psychology and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Sussex, wrote in an email to Reuters. Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, said the term.doesn't exist as a real academic concept. , adding: I've been studying group identity and collective behaviour for nearly two decades and just published a book on the topic (www.powerofus.online/) and not once have I come across this term. .It seems to have been made up recently. There are similar-sounding concepts, like. mass psychogenic illness,' but the scope of these is relatively narrow compared to what is being proposed here.. Reuters also spoke to Steven Reicher, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of St Andrews, who has studied crowd psychology for more than 40 years. He described the concept of a.mass psychosis. as.more metaphor than science, more ideology than fact. . .It arises out of mass society theories and crowd psychology theories which developed in the 19th century, and which reflected a fear of the masses. he said The claim was that people in the mass lose their sense of identity and their ability to reason, they regress to an inferior mental state where they are manipulable by unscrupulous leaders.
It has been totally discredited by contemporary work on groups and crowds. Van Bavel, who said he found the idea of mass formation psychosis reductionist, highlighted a different account of the role of psychology, groups and leadership in the rise of Naziism.
We would argue that as well as being consistent with contemporary thinking in social psychology (e.g. after Tajfel & Turner, 1979), this analysis also articulates more closely than Zimbardo s original role account with the analysis of tyranny put forward by researchers in other academic disciplines. Most notably, it accords with influential analysis proposed by modern historians (e.g. Abel, 1986; Gellately, 2001; Hobsbawm,1995; Rees, 2002). Consider, for instance, Hobsbawm s account of the conditions that gave rise to the fall of the Weimar republic and the emergence of Nazism in 1930sGermany. The optimal conditions for the triumph of the ultra-right were an old state and its ruling mechanisms which could no longer function; a mass of disenchanted, disoriented and disorganized citizens who no longer knew where their loyalties lay; strong socialistmovements threatening or appearing to threaten social revolution, but not actually in a position to achieve it.... These were the conditions that turned movements of the radical right into powerful, organized and sometimes uniformed and paramilitary forces (1995, p. 127).
End Of Naziism Citation.
What is true, of course, is that people do have to make sense of a confusing and complicated world with different accounts coming from different sources, said Reicher.
We are not scientific experts so when people tell us contradictory things about a lesser known or newer scientific discipline field, who do we listen to?
That is a matter of trust and of our social relationship to the source of information. So, the politicisation of the pandemic, the creation of a sense of an
establishment enemy who wants to control us is certainly important. It makes the establishment of trust an absolutely critical aspect of the pandemic and hence such things
as transparency, respect, clarity etc. become critical.. He added:, But telling people who disagree with you that they are deluded and in a state of psychosis is essentially
a device to silence them and a form of disrespect. It alienates and hence undermines an attempt at dialogue. It isn't an explanation of the problem; it is part of the problem..
Chris Cocking, Principal Lecturer at the School of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences at the University of Brighton, told Reuters that a preferred way to explain crowd action
was in terms of shared identities, relations between different groups and leadership influence. . He said:We have all spent our careers trying to undo irrationalist approaches
that pathologize crowd behaviour.. Recent studies on urban disorder, including the 2011 riots in England (here) and the 2005 London bombing (here), have shown thatcrowds behave
in ordered and normative ways depending on the shared identities experienced by crowd members and the social context in which they happen and they often limit their own behaviour,.
Cocking added.
The idea that crowds fall under a mass psychosis which means they are no longer responsible for their actions is a total myth that's not supported by any credible evidence..
VERDICT Missing context. There is no evidence to suggest mass formation psychosis. The term itself is not recognised among academics, and modern research into crowd psychology
has shown that crowds do not behave in mindless or non-individualistic ways. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
END OF REUTER'S FACT CHECK CITATION.
says he has bipolar -unable to give a clear hx for
manic/hypomanic symptoms -says bipolar gets worse when off medications .
denies ptsd symptoms including nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance .
denies command , visual, auditory hallucinations , suicidal thoughts ,
self injurious behaviors , homicidal thoughts . denies OCD symptoms .
denies childhood hx of ADHD. reports currently off psychotorpics .
substance abuse hx: per chart review- unable get from pt at this time
SUBSTANCE ASSESSMENT HX: -cannabis: Endorsed last used last month -alcohol: denied -meth/cocaine: endorsed onset: age 20 amount: < 1 gm/month last used: a month ago -Nicotine use/Vaping: never smoke, per patient
Review of systems : Constitutional: negative Endocrinology: negative Skin: negative Respiratory: negative Gastrointestinal: negative Genitourinary: negative Musculoskeletal: negative Neurological: negative psychiatry : see HPI
PsychHx:
Reported multiple inpatient psychiatric
holds/hospitalizations: Pennsylvania, in 2017, on his way to Washington
DC, to discuss the topic of "Gang stalking" with authorities; San
Bernardino Comm. Hosp. in 2020; January/2021 - 2 weeks at Arrowhead BMC,
Colton, CA; and October/2021 at Canyon Creek Beh. Health, Texas, for 2
weeks.
RISK ASSESSMENT:
-Suicidal thoughts: patient denied
-History Suicidal Plan/Attempts: patient denied
-Homicidal Ideation: patient denied
-History of Harm to Others: patient denied
-Access to firearms or other weapon(s): mother endorsed, but locked
PMHx:
Hyperlipidemia Type II DM HIV POSITIVE
PSHx:
denies past surgical history
PsychFHx:
denies
PsychSHx:
PsychSHx
-Marital Status/Kids: single with no kids
-Living Situation: living with mom, since 2017
-History of Abuse/Traumas: denied
-Employment/School /Occupational Status: on disability benefits
-Highest Education: 12th grade
-Current or Prior Military Service: denied
-Support/Social Systems/Network: mother and friend (Luis)
-Legal/Forensics Hx: jailed once in Texas
-Religion/Spiritual Belief: Christian
-Sexual Preference: identifies as gay
-Use of Herbal/Nutritional Supplements: denied
Medications:
Lamictal, take 1 tablet daily for 2 weeks, then 1 tablet twice a day (Edited by JAGAN JAKKULA on Mar 7, 2022)
MSE:
The patient's speech was normal, sharing conversation with normal
laryngeal efforts. Appropriate mood and affect were seen : anxious,
irritable ,sad -mood congruent .. Thought processes -tengential,
disoragnised . dneies suicidal/homicidal thoughts . The patient's
judgement -seems impaired . Mental status included: correct time, place,
person orientation, normal recent and remote memory, normal attention
span and concentration ability. Language skills included the ability to
correctly name objects. Fund of knowledge included normal awareness of
current and past events.
DSM-5:
Schizoaffective bipolar by hx
Assessment:
pt and mom reports mood/psychotic symptoms not optimally
controlled -off psychotorpics - contributing factors as above. d/w
consider alternate medications , optimize medication dose -agreeable
with plan will get medical records for review from dr farooqi .
Plan:
start lamictal 25 mg daily for 2 weeks, then 25 mg bid .
psychoeducation provided about diagnosis ,treatment plan, interactions
with other medications . medication side effects, risks, benefits and
alternatives was discussed including periodic monitoring of parameters individual therapy recommended if worsening symptoms , call my office obtain medical records from previous provider safety plan: patient agrees to utilize the following resources in the event of acute suicidal urges: ER,walk in clinic, crisis line/team, stay with family, structured plans, call contact person short term goal: obtain all medical records, medication tolerance long term plan: remission of symptoms and maintain stability patient understands and agrees with plan f/u in 3-4 weeks or sooner if needed
CC:
"I am a targeted individual for 16 years by number of individuals, "
HPI:
A 56y/o, Caucasian, male, seen for initial evaluation, in company of mother (Veronica Driskill)
Seeking services today for management of "gang stalking" and requesting
to know how this provider to treat for "gang stalking" and wants the
provider to read up on "gang stalking" and attest that the disorder
called "gang stalking" is real or he would not proceed with the session.
This provider promised to research the said disorder and will be
informed enough to discuss it at the next session. Patient became
irate, and most of the interval history obtained from his mother.
Patient is known to this practice, with diagnoses of schizoaffective and
depressive disorders. Patient reported of being stalked/followed and
earmarked for destruction. Stated that the stalking drove out of Denver
where he had a home onto street and now living with his since 2017.
Reported multiple inpatient psychiatric holds/hospitalizations:
Pennsylvania, in 2017, on his way to Washington DC, to discuss the topic
of "Gang stalking" with authorities; San Bernardino Comm. Hosp. in
2020; January/2021 - 2 weeks at Arrowhead BMC, Colton, CA; and
October/2021 at Canyon Creek Beh. Health, Texas, for 2 weeks.
He identified as a gay man. Patient suicidal thoughts, auditory/visual hallucinations during the session
-history of cardiac issues/events: patient denied
-history of head trauma: patient denied
-history of seizures: patient denied
-history of chronic pain syndrome: patient denied
DSM-5:
Review of current DSM-V Symptoms: Depressive symptoms M/B: +Depressed mood/sadness +Anhedonia/Motivation +Feelings of worthlessness/hopelessness -Excessive guilty -Sleep disturbance -Appetite with weight gain/loss +Poor concentration/attention
Anxiety/Panic Symptoms M/B: +Anxiety +Excessive worries +Difficulty to control, inability shot down one?s mind -Easily fatigued +Difficulty concentrating +Easily irritability -Sleep disturbance -Headache and/or muscle tension -Eyed up or on edge
Mania Symptoms M/B: Elevated/expansive mood Racing thoughts +Distractibility/impulsivity +Increased in goal-directed activities -Decreased need for sleep lasting over 24 hours +Pressured speech
+Grandiose delusions
PATIENT INSERT ON THE CLINICAL TERM USED HERE "DELUSIONAL":
BREAK FOR A REUTER'S FACT CHECK STATEMENT ON MASS PARANOIA! DELUSIONS AND PSYCHOSIS!
Fact Check-No evidence of pandemic ‘mass formation psychosis’, say experts speaking to Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-psychology-idUSL1N2TN1RE
AS MENTIONED IN THIS CITATION IN REFERENCE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, APPLIES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN GENERAL INCLUDING GANG STALKING. REFERENCES TO COVID PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN OMITTED IN THIS PRESENTATION OF FACTS CHECK
This Analysis Applies to any and all claims of mass delusional thinking surrounding any topic, the pandemic and/or gang stalking similarly!
By Reuters Fact Check Mass formation psychosis. is not an academic term recognized in the field of psychology, nor is there evidence of any such phenomenon occurring, multiple experts in crowd psychology have told Reuters. Dr Robert Malone, previously fact-checked by Reuters, told The Joe Rogan Experience that mass formation psychosis is a phenomenon that occurred in 1920s and 30s Germany when a highly educated population went barking mad. According to Malone, the condition occurs when a society.becomes decoupled from each other and has a free-floating anxiety in a sense that things don't make sense. And then their attention gets focused by a leader or series of events on one small point, just like hypnosis. He added:.They literally become hypnotized and can be led anywhere. They will follow that person. it doesn't matter whether they lie to them or whatever, the data are irrelevant.. The phrase does not appear in the American Psychological Association (APA) Dictionary of Psychology (dictionary.apa.org/), (dictionary.apa.org/browse/m) nor does it appear in the PsycNet database of published research articles. Numerous psychologists have also told Reuters that such a condition is not officially recognized. .I have never heard of this concept. John Drury, Professor of Social Psychology and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Sussex, wrote in an email to Reuters. Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, said the term.doesn't exist as a real academic concept. , adding: I've been studying group identity and collective behaviour for nearly two decades and just published a book on the topic (www.powerofus.online/) and not once have I come across this term. .It seems to have been made up recently. There are similar-sounding concepts, like. mass psychogenic illness,' but the scope of these is relatively narrow compared to what is being proposed here.. Reuters also spoke to Steven Reicher, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of St Andrews, who has studied crowd psychology for more than 40 years. He described the concept of a.mass psychosis. as.more metaphor than science, more ideology than fact. . .It arises out of mass society theories and crowd psychology theories which developed in the 19th century, and which reflected a fear of the masses. he said The claim was that people in the mass lose their sense of identity and their ability to reason, they regress to an inferior mental state where they are manipulable by unscrupulous leaders.
It has been totally discredited by contemporary work on groups and crowds. Van Bavel, who said he found the idea of mass formation psychosis reductionist, highlighted a different account of the role of psychology, groups and leadership in the rise of Naziism.
We would argue that as well as being consistent with contemporary thinking in social psychology (e.g. after Tajfel & Turner, 1979), this analysis also articulates more closely than Zimbardo s original role account with the analysis of tyranny put forward by researchers in other academic disciplines. Most notably, it accords with influential analysis proposed by modern historians (e.g. Abel, 1986; Gellately, 2001; Hobsbawm,1995; Rees, 2002). Consider, for instance, Hobsbawm s account of the conditions that gave rise to the fall of the Weimar republic and the emergence of Nazism in 1930sGermany. The optimal conditions for the triumph of the ultra-right were an old state and its ruling mechanisms which could no longer function; a mass of disenchanted, disoriented and disorganized citizens who no longer knew where their loyalties lay; strong socialistmovements threatening or appearing to threaten social revolution, but not actually in a position to achieve it.... These were the conditions that turned movements of the radical right into powerful, organized and sometimes uniformed and paramilitary forces (1995, p. 127).
End Of Naziism Citation.
What is true, of course, is that people do have to make sense of a confusing and complicated world with different accounts coming from different sources, said Reicher.
We are not scientific experts so when people tell us contradictory things about a lesser known or newer scientific discipline field, who do we listen to?
That is a matter of trust and of our social relationship to the source of information. So, the politicisation of the pandemic, the creation of a sense of an
establishment enemy who wants to control us is certainly important. It makes the establishment of trust an absolutely critical aspect of the pandemic and hence such things
as transparency, respect, clarity etc. become critical.. He added:, But telling people who disagree with you that they are deluded and in a state of psychosis is essentially
a device to silence them and a form of disrespect. It alienates and hence undermines an attempt at dialogue. It isn't an explanation of the problem; it is part of the problem..
Chris Cocking, Principal Lecturer at the School of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences at the University of Brighton, told Reuters that a preferred way to explain crowd action
was in terms of shared identities, relations between different groups and leadership influence. . He said:We have all spent our careers trying to undo irrationalist approaches
that pathologize crowd behaviour.. Recent studies on urban disorder, including the 2011 riots in England (here) and the 2005 London bombing (here), have shown thatcrowds behave
in ordered and normative ways depending on the shared identities experienced by crowd members and the social context in which they happen and they often limit their own behaviour,.
Cocking added.
The idea that crowds fall under a mass psychosis which means they are no longer responsible for their actions is a total myth that's not supported by any credible evidence..
VERDICT Missing context. There is no evidence to suggest mass formation psychosis. The term itself is not recognised among academics, and modern research into crowd psychology
has shown that crowds do not behave in mindless or non-individualistic ways. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
PATIENT INSERT ON THE CLINICAL TERM USED HERE "DELUSIONAL":
BREAK FOR A REUTER'S FACT CHECK STATEMENT ON MASS PARANOIA! DELUSIONS AND PSYCHOSIS!
Fact Check-No evidence of pandemic ‘mass formation psychosis’, say experts speaking to Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-psychology-idUSL1N2TN1RE
AS MENTIONED IN THIS CITATION IN REFERENCE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, APPLIES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN GENERAL INCLUDING GANG STALKING. REFERENCES TO COVID PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN OMITTED IN THIS PRESENTATION OF FACTS CHECK
This Analysis Applies to any and all claims of mass delusional thinking surrounding any topic, the pandemic and/or gang stalking similarly!
By Reuters Fact Check Mass formation psychosis. is not an academic term recognized in the field of psychology, nor is there evidence of any such phenomenon occurring, multiple experts in crowd psychology have told Reuters. Dr Robert Malone, previously fact-checked by Reuters, told The Joe Rogan Experience that mass formation psychosis is a phenomenon that occurred in 1920s and 30s Germany when a highly educated population went barking mad. According to Malone, the condition occurs when a society.becomes decoupled from each other and has a free-floating anxiety in a sense that things don't make sense. And then their attention gets focused by a leader or series of events on one small point, just like hypnosis. He added:.They literally become hypnotized and can be led anywhere. They will follow that person. it doesn't matter whether they lie to them or whatever, the data are irrelevant.. The phrase does not appear in the American Psychological Association (APA) Dictionary of Psychology (dictionary.apa.org/), (dictionary.apa.org/browse/m) nor does it appear in the PsycNet database of published research articles. Numerous psychologists have also told Reuters that such a condition is not officially recognized. .I have never heard of this concept. John Drury, Professor of Social Psychology and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Sussex, wrote in an email to Reuters. Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, said the term.doesn't exist as a real academic concept. , adding: I've been studying group identity and collective behaviour for nearly two decades and just published a book on the topic (www.powerofus.online/) and not once have I come across this term. .It seems to have been made up recently. There are similar-sounding concepts, like. mass psychogenic illness,' but the scope of these is relatively narrow compared to what is being proposed here.. Reuters also spoke to Steven Reicher, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of St Andrews, who has studied crowd psychology for more than 40 years. He described the concept of a.mass psychosis. as.more metaphor than science, more ideology than fact. . .It arises out of mass society theories and crowd psychology theories which developed in the 19th century, and which reflected a fear of the masses. he said The claim was that people in the mass lose their sense of identity and their ability to reason, they regress to an inferior mental state where they are manipulable by unscrupulous leaders.
It has been totally discredited by contemporary work on groups and crowds. Van Bavel, who said he found the idea of mass formation psychosis reductionist, highlighted a different account of the role of psychology, groups and leadership in the rise of Naziism.
We would argue that as well as being consistent with contemporary thinking in social psychology (e.g. after Tajfel & Turner, 1979), this analysis also articulates more closely than Zimbardo s original role account with the analysis of tyranny put forward by researchers in other academic disciplines. Most notably, it accords with influential analysis proposed by modern historians (e.g. Abel, 1986; Gellately, 2001; Hobsbawm,1995; Rees, 2002). Consider, for instance, Hobsbawm s account of the conditions that gave rise to the fall of the Weimar republic and the emergence of Nazism in 1930sGermany. The optimal conditions for the triumph of the ultra-right were an old state and its ruling mechanisms which could no longer function; a mass of disenchanted, disoriented and disorganized citizens who no longer knew where their loyalties lay; strong socialistmovements threatening or appearing to threaten social revolution, but not actually in a position to achieve it.... These were the conditions that turned movements of the radical right into powerful, organized and sometimes uniformed and paramilitary forces (1995, p. 127).
End Of Naziism Citation.
What is true, of course, is that people do have to make sense of a confusing and complicated world with different accounts coming from different sources, said Reicher.
We are not scientific experts so when people tell us contradictory things about a lesser known or newer scientific discipline field, who do we listen to?
That is a matter of trust and of our social relationship to the source of information. So, the politicisation of the pandemic, the creation of a sense of an
establishment enemy who wants to control us is certainly important. It makes the establishment of trust an absolutely critical aspect of the pandemic and hence such things
as transparency, respect, clarity etc. become critical.. He added:, But telling people who disagree with you that they are deluded and in a state of psychosis is essentially
a device to silence them and a form of disrespect. It alienates and hence undermines an attempt at dialogue. It isn't an explanation of the problem; it is part of the problem..
Chris Cocking, Principal Lecturer at the School of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences at the University of Brighton, told Reuters that a preferred way to explain crowd action
was in terms of shared identities, relations between different groups and leadership influence. . He said:We have all spent our careers trying to undo irrationalist approaches
that pathologize crowd behaviour.. Recent studies on urban disorder, including the 2011 riots in England (here) and the 2005 London bombing (here), have shown thatcrowds behave
in ordered and normative ways depending on the shared identities experienced by crowd members and the social context in which they happen and they often limit their own behaviour,.
Cocking added.
The idea that crowds fall under a mass psychosis which means they are no longer responsible for their actions is a total myth that's not supported by any credible evidence..
VERDICT Missing context. There is no evidence to suggest mass formation psychosis. The term itself is not recognised among academics, and modern research into crowd psychology
has shown that crowds do not behave in mindless or non-individualistic ways. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
SUBSTANCE ASSESSMENT HX: -cannabis: Endorsed last used last month -alcohol: denied -meth/cocaine: endorsed onset: age 20 amount: < 1 gm/month last used: a month ago -Nicotine use/Vaping: never smoke, per patient
RISK ASSESSMENT: -Suicidal thoughts: patient denied -History Suicidal Plan/Attempts: patient denied -Homicidal Ideation: patient denied -History of Harm to Others: patient denied -Access to firearms or other weapon(s): mother endorsed, but locked
PsychSHx:
-Marital Status/Kids: single with no kids -Living Situation: living with mom, since 2017 -History of Abuse/Traumas: denied -Employment/School /Occupational Status: on disability benefits -Highest Education: 12th grade -Current or Prior Military Service: denied -Support/Social Systems/Network: mother and friend (Luis) -Legal/Forensics Hx: jailed once in Texas -Religion/Spiritual Belief: Christian -Sexual Preference: identifies as gay -Use of Herbal/Nutritional Supplements: denied
Soc Hx:
Tobacco: Never smoker - Alcohol: Do not drink - Drug Abuse: Illicit drug use - Cardiovascular: Eat healthy meals - Safety: Household Smoke detector - Sexual Activity: Homosexual encounters - per patient "I am gay"
Birth Gender: Male - Custom Items: Cannabis -
PsychFHx:
mother denied
ROS:
Eyes: WNL Ears: WNL Nose: WNL Mouth/Throat/Voice: WNL Neck: WNL Respiratory: WNL Cardiovascular: WNL Gastrointestinal: WNL Musculoskeletal: WNL Neurological: (+) difficulty concentrating
Psychiatric: (+) change in mood, (+)depression, (+)sadness interfering
with function, (+)anxiety, (+)nervousness, (-)sleep disturbance,
(-)suicidal ideation, (+)hopelessness, (+)worthlessness,
(-)hallucinations has a history of HIV
PMHx:
Hyperlipidemia Type II DM HIV POSITIVE
PSHx:
denies past surgical history
Medications:
cariprazine, 1 cap(s) orally at every bedtime (Edited by CHINYERE OBAKHUME on Jan 4, 2022) lamotrigine, 1 tab(s) orally 2 times a day (Edited by CHINYERE OBAKHUME on Jan 4, 2022)
Allergies:
No allergy history has been documented for this patient. No known medication allergies
MSE:
General Appearance/Build: Appeared the stated age of an average built Grooming/Hygiene: average Eye contact/Demeanor: erratic Motor Activity: agitated Speech: pressured and excessive (dominated the session with irrelevant details) Mood & Affect: irritable & angry (mood & affect congruent) Thought Process Disturbances: loose association Thought Content Disturbances: paranoia "all his discussions were centered on gang stalking" Perception Disturbance: denied Behavioral Disturbances: poor impulse control Attitude towards the Examiner: uncooperative, verbally aggressive, and augmentative Suicidality/Homicidiality: Denied Cognition: Alert & Oriented X4 (name, place, day & situation) Memory: Unimpaired Judgment/Insight: impaired
Assessment:
Severe mood disorder with psychotic features (disorder)
(F31.64/296.64) Bipolar disorder, current episode mixed, severe, with
psychotic features modified 6 Jan, 2020
Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type (disorder) (F25.0/295.70) Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type modified 6 Jan, 2020
Plan:
Patient Instructions/Plan
recommended psychotherapy
Medication(s):
Start these medications below: Refused to restart Risperdal and Depakote and wants to be restarted on Vraylar and Lamotrigine Declined to sign the med. consent form and mother stated that patient can sign -Patient informed that dose may be titrated as needed to targeted symptoms relief
-Discussed medication education/risks/benefits/adverse side effects/black box warning in details with patient & mother -Patient and mother consented to proposed treatment plan with the above medication(s)
Psychoeducation:
-Brief supportive counseling, validation, and supports provided
-Provided education regarding diagnosis, treatment plan, and importance of psychotherapy
-Reviewed medication indications, use, need for adherence to prescribed medication, handling, and storage.
-Balanced nutrition/hydration/participation in physical activity encouraged
-Provided education on sleep hygiene
Safety Plan:
-reviewed safety plan with patient
-ER precaution and/or to call 911 or PMHNP if there are any safety concerns -mother agrees to monitor for safety and support safety plan -advised to seek services with the nearest crisis in the event of harm to self or to others
CURES:
Reviewed (1/04/2022) No concurrent usage of legal/formal high-risk medication(s)
Return-to-Clinic: 2 weeks or sooner if needed
CC:
Bipolar Disorder.
Psych Symptom/Follow Up:
54 year old LGBT Caucasian male with Bipolar Disorder & HIV,
says he is upset as his car was stolen yesterday but recovered in the
evening, thinks it is a part of the gangstalking that he has been
complaining about for a while, feels he is still being gang-stalked,
otherwise appears calmer, sleeping well, thinking is more organized,
Vraylar has had positive response, Has stopped taking Ativan. no intention of hurting self or others, He does not own a gun,
ROS:
Overweight Photosensitivity HTN DM
Medications:
Vraylar, 1 cap(s) orally at every bedtime (Edited by MUBASHIR FAROOQI on Jan 6, 2020) lamoTRIgine, 1 tab(s) orally 2 times a day (Edited by MUBASHIR FAROOQI on Jan 6, 2020)
MSE:
Physically the patient appeared disheveled. Emotionally the
patient appeared angry and anxious. Attitude in the interview consisted
of cooperation. Observed behaviours included psychomotor agitation. The
patient presented with speech that was normal in rate, rhythm and
articulation. Mood was ambivalent and his affect was anxious. The
patient's thought process was normal and his thought content consisted
of guilty ruminations and obsessions.
Assessment:
Severe mood disorder with psychotic features (disorder)
(F31.64/296.64) Bipolar disorder, current episode mixed, severe, with
psychotic features modified 6 Jan, 2020