Ulysses syndrome

Meanings

1. An atypical set of depressive, anxious, dissociative and somatoform symptoms resulting from the stress associated with modern migration.
2. The physical and psychological sequelae of a misdiagnosis due to a false positive result.

Etymology

Coined in 2002 by Joseba Achotegui of the Universitat de Barcelona, in reference to the ancient mythological hero Ulysses, who travelled for ten years through the Mediterranean to return home from the Trojan War.