SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE INCIDENCE OF SEVERELY CRIPPLING MENTAL DISORDERS II. ALCOHOLISM
NELSON J. BRADLEY M.D.1, and
RUBEL J. LUCERO M.A.2
1 Superintendent, Willmar State Hosp., Willmar, Minn.
2 Clinical Psychologist, Willmar State Hosp., Willmar, Minn.
Four thousand, one hundred consecutive alcoholic admissions over a 3-year period to the Willmar State Hospital were studied in an attempt to discover whether external stresses occurring within the framework of different times of the year played a part in frequency of admissions.
