Lunar Effect on Mental Illness: The Relationship of Moon Phase to Psychiatric Emergencies

STEPHEN F. BAUER and EDWARD J. HORNICKAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.5.696

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The authors examined the frequency of use of the psychiatric emergency room of an extremely busy municipal hospital and were unable to demonstrate any relationship between moon phase and mental illness. An area for further study, aimed at a subsample including the most agitated patients, is suggested.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125 • Number 5 • November 1968

Pages: 696 - 697

PubMed: 5683463

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Published in print: November 1968

Published online: 1 April 2006

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STEPHEN F. BAUER

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EDWARD J. HORNICK

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Department of psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and clinical director, psychiatric inpatient services, the Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1825 Eastchester Rd., Bronx, N. Y. 10461

Department of psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, associate professor of psychiatry and director of residency training services, Bronx State Hospital

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Lunar Effect on Mental Illness: The Relationship of Moon Phase to Psychiatric Emergencies

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