What Is Jerusalem Syndrome?
Jerusalem Syndrome is a mental phenomenon triggered by a visit to the city of Jerusalem, including intense mental distress, illusion, or other mental illness-like experiences on some religious themes. It is not limited to one religion or denomination. Jews and Christians from many different denominations are affected. The earliest clinical description of Jerusalem syndrome was a Jerusalem psychiatrist in the 1930s.
Jerusalem Syndrome
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- Chinese name
- Jerusalem Syndrome
- Foreign name
- Jerusalem Syndrome
- Clinical description
- Psychiatrists in Jerusalem in the 1930s
- influences
- Jews and Christians of different denominations
- Jerusalem Syndrome is a mental phenomenon triggered by a visit to the city of Jerusalem, including intense mental distress, illusion, or other mental illness-like experiences on some religious themes. It is not limited to one religion or denomination. Jews and Christians from many different denominations are affected. The earliest clinical description of Jerusalem syndrome was a Jerusalem psychiatrist in the 1930s.
- There is no universal manifestation of Jerusalem Syndrome, but the patients who developed it did not have any previous symptoms of mental illness, and only started to arrive after arriving in Jerusalem. After a few weeks, or after leaving Jerusalem, he recovered completely.
- Most people with Jerusalem syndrome are harmless. An important exception occurred in August 1969, when an Australian tourist, Michael Dennis Rohan, was overwhelmed by a strong sacred mission and set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. His actions caused a commotion in the city.