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Pibloktoq
Pibloktoq is "an abrupt dissociative episode accompanied by extreme excitement of up to 30 minutes' duration and frequently followed by convulsive seizures and lasting up to 12 hours". American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Piblokto or pibloktoq is a psychiatric syndrome which was first described by explorers to the Arctic regions of the world. It has since been widely covered and can even be found in psychiatric texts, with theories to explain it ranging from vitamin A toxicity to harsh weather. However, research on Canadian Aboriginal and Inuit populations highlighted by Canadian journalist Sarah Efron has suggested that in fact piblokto may have been an invention of explorers, and not a real syndrome. The psychiatric community is often slow to update, and there is some dispute about the veracity of reports of piblokto. 13

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Symptoms

 * Brooding
 * Depressive Silences
 * Loss of disturbances of consciousness
 * Seizure-like episodes
 * Tearing off clothes
 * Fleeing or wandering
 * Rolling in snow
 * Echolalia
 * Lack of sensitivity to cold 12

Causes

 * Malnurtion
 * Lack of Sunlight
 * Hypervitaminosis A