The wife of the film director who made a wildly popular online video about African warlord Joseph Kony says her husband has been diagnosed with "brief reactive psychosis."
Jason Russell, the 33-year-old co-founder of the group Invisible Children, was hospitalized last week in California after witnesses saw him running through streets in his underwear, screaming and banging his fists on the pavement. Some reports say he was vandalizing cars and touching himself inappropriately in public.
Russell was picked up by police after the incident and hospitalized.
His wife, Danica Russell, released a statement Wednesday saying that doctors have diagnosed her husband with "brief reactive psychosis." She says the condition was brought on by extreme exhaustion, stress and dehydration.
"Though new to us, the doctors say this is a common experience given the great mental, emotional and physical shock his body has gone through in these last two weeks," Russell's statement reads.
She emphasized that her husband was neither high nor drunk during the episode.
"We would, again, like to make it clear that Jason's incident was in no way the result of drugs or alcohol in his body," she said.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- the so-called ‘"bible" of psychiatrists -- says brief reactive psychosis is typically brought on by trauma or an "extremely stressful event." It says the disorder typically resolves itself within one month.
Russell is expected to stay in hospital for a few weeks for treatment. Danica Russell says it may be months before her husband is well enough to return to his job at Invisible Children.
"Jason will get better. He has a long way to go, but we are confident that he will make a full recovery," she said.
Interest in Russell's 30-minute "Kony 2012" video, which publicized the alleged war crimes of Uganda's Joseph Kony, has exploded since it was released earlier this month. The video has been viewed more than 84 million times on YouTube.
