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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 129, No. 1

Articles | July 01, 1972

Homicides and the Lunar Cycle: Toward a Theory of Lunar Influence on Human Emotional Disturbance

ARNOLD L. LIEBER; CAROLYN R. SHERIN

Am J Psychiatry 1972;129:69-74.

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Instructor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1700 N.W. 10th Ave., Miami, Fla. 33152

Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1700 N.W. 10th Ave., Miami, Fla. 33152

1972, American Psychiatric Association

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Data on homicides were analyzed by computer to determine whether a relationship exists between the lunar synodic cycle and human emotional disturbance. A statistically significant lunar periodicity was demonstrated for homicides committed in Dade County, Fla., over a 15-year period. A similar, but nonsignificant, periodicity was found for homicides occurring over a 13-year period in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

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