Storage fever

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Under cabin fever of one or more persons it is colloquially a temporary mental state of excitement in compulsory camp accommodation, as especially in prisons (like concentration camps ), barracks , prison camps , Deportierungslagern , refugee camps , mental hospitals , shelters and civil protection camps occurs with persistent stressful and unpredictable long-lasting conditions .

description

Koller (Middle High German kolre , Old High German Kolero = "anger" of the medieval Latin cholera = "outburst". See also choleric ) is a popular Eindeutschung and refers to a sudden fracturing or silent anger , a serious mental excitement or mental disorders resulting from an environment or derive the situation. In individual people it manifests itself in fear , anger, despair , overactivity and depressive states .

The causes are often a lack of psychosocial care, poor food, disease outbreaks, overcrowding in the camp, stress, lack of sleep and the like. By combating these causes, such as creating private areas of retreat and addressing individual characteristics, camp fever can often be limited or reduced at an early stage.

Everyday language

The term “camp fever” is also widely used in everyday language when describing the impaired good state of mind and the resulting “freaking out” of a participant, for example at a holiday camp or training camp. For example, in space research such as the Mars-500 project, medically accompanied examinations take place. Even with temporary measures such as a quarantine , it is said that those affected can experience storage fever.

Literature and film

  • The horror novel Shining and the film of the same name deal with the subject of camp fever (called "trapper fever" there). In 1997 the story was filmed for the second time .
  • The horror film Cabin Fever from 2002 also deals with the issue of warehouse fever.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uwe Henrik Peters : Lexicon Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie, Medical Psychology , Urban & Fischer Verlag 2007, p. 314 ( online ).
  2. ^ Duden - German Universal Dictionary , 6th, revised edition. Mannheim, Leipzig, Vienna, Zurich 2007 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Uwe Henrik Peters : Lexicon Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie, Medical Psychology , Urban & Fischer Verlag 2007. P. 295 ( online ).
  4. ^ Eva Pritz: Psychotherapy for post-traumatic disorders using the example of Bosnian refugees in Austria 1992–1995 . In: Renate Hutterer-Krisch, Ingrid S. Farag and Vera Pfersmann: Psychotherapy, quality of life and prophylaxis: Contributions to health care in social politics , the world of work and the individual , Springer 1996, p. 123 ( online ).
  5. ↑ No storage fever in the Mars container yet , Zeit Online from August 12, 2010.
  6. ↑ quarantine? How to fight the corona warehouse fever. Deutsche Welle , March 14, 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020 .