Mental illness in Goa, India
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Lunar Phase and Psychiatric Illness in Goa
There has been considerable research on the influence of the lunar cycle on mental illness with conflicting findings. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between full moon (FM), new moon (NM), and other moon (OM) days and the frequency of specific psychiatric disorders in patients seen at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in Goa and to examine relationships with eclipses...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473
DOI: 10.1192/pb.21.5.299