Stock Photo - Women and man inflicted with the Jerusalem Syndrome The Jerusalem syndrome is the name given to a group of mental phenomena involving the presence of either religiously themed obsessive ideas, delusions or other psychosis-like experiences, that are triggered by, or lead to, a visit to the city of Jerusalem The best known, although not the most prevalent manifestation of the Jerusalem syndrome, is the phenomenon whereby a person who seems previously balanced and devoid of any signs of psychopathology, becomes psychotic after arriving in Jerusalem The psychosis is characterised by an intense religious theme and typically resolves to full recovery after a few weeks, or after being removed from the area source: wikipedia