People can die from giving up the fightNew research into 'give-up-itis'UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC RELEASE: 27-SEP-2018
People can die simply because they've given up, life has beaten them and they feel defeat is inescapable, according to new research.
The study, by Dr John Leach, a senior research fellow at the University of Portsmouth, is the first to describe the clinical markers for 'give-up-itis', a term used to describe what is known medically as psychogenic death.
It usually follows a trauma from which a person thinks there is no escape, making death seem like the only rational outcome.
If not arrested, death usually occurs three weeks after the first stage of withdrawal.
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The five stages of give-up-itis are:
1. Social withdrawal [...]
2. Apathy [...]
3. Aboulia [...]
4. Psychic akinesia [...]
5. Psychogenic death [...]
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/uop-pcd092018.php
