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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 125, No. 5

Articles | November 01, 1968

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

STEPHEN F. BAUER; EDWARD J. HORNICK

Am J Psychiatry 1968;125:696-697.

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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

1968-69, American Psychiatric Association

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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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