The information in the reference article published in September 2022, suggests that the cause of collective hysteria among hundreds of students in various all-girls' high schools in Mexico is unknown and complex. Some factors that have been discussed in the article by health workers, experts, local administrators, and parents of affected Mexican female pupils include environmental toxins, stress brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the return to in-person schooling, psychosocial influences, mass panic and psychological contagion stemming from viral videos posted on TikTok that encouraged participation in hysteria-induced attacks.
Since experts on the ground did not find any obvious or clear indications to blame either a physical source on or the girls own behaviors as the sole triggers for those episodes, more studies involving medical, psychosocial, environmental scientific perspectives may become necessary to definitively establish the actual cause(s) and offer appropriate treatment and preventive efforts .
It is crucial to handle with sensitivity cases involving collective events to ensure the well-being and health of all students enrolled in those affected girls 'schools .