Psychiatrist, Jesús de la Gárdara, has studied 38 cases of "Santiago Syndrome" in the last 7 years. All the sufferers have 3 characteristics in common: they are affected by strong mystic feelings, fatigue from so much walking, and they have a history of psychiatric conditions.
70% of those who suffer from this syndrome which strikes while walking to Santiago are males. The average age of the sufferer is 40.
Symptoms include: psychiatric episodes, delirium and intense emotional disorders of a manic nature accompanied by paranoia.
The victims spent 10 days in a psychiatric unit in Burgos and only 4 of them continued with the walk. The rest went home.
Translated form an article in La Voz de Galicia, 27 Sep. 2007
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