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What's a Somatoform Epidemic? Give an Example of a Somatoform

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What's a somatoform epidemic? Give an example of a somatoform epidemic discussed within the academic literature or in the popular press. How have sociological social psychologists explained this form of collective behavior?


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Polarized

A term indicating something is divided into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs.

Transmitter Substances

are chemical substances, such as neurotransmitters, that transmit nerve impulses across synapses between nerves or from nerves to muscles or organs.

Neuron

A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.

Reuptake

The process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic vesicles from where they were originally released, thus terminating the signaling between neurons.

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