MOON PHASES, SUICIDE, AND HOMICIDE

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.121.1.66

Am J Psychiatry 121:66-67, July 1964
doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.121.1.66
© 1964 American Psychiatric Association



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MOON PHASES, SUICIDE, AND HOMICIDE

ALEX D. POKORNY M.D.¹

¹ Chief, Psychiatry and Neurology Service, VA Hospital, Houston, Texas, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor University College of Medicine

The 2497 suicides and 2017 homicides occurring in Texas duringthe years 1959, 1960, and 1961 were related to the 4 phasesof the moon and to the apogeeperigee cycles of the moon duringthis period. No significant relationships were found.

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