December 11, 2012
Study debunks moon-mental health link
By BRIAN DALY, QMI Agency
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 A full moon, August 31, 2012. (REUTERS/Larry Downing) |
Anyone who's skeptical about the old belief that the moon can drive you nuts has support from a new study out of Montreal.
A team of doctors and psychologists logged hundreds of hospital visits and compared them with phases of the moon.
The researchers found that while diminishing daylight can send people into a funk, moonlight is a non-factor.
Their article, published in a recent edition of General Hospital Psychiatry, summarizes an analysis of 771 patients who suffered from anxiety, panic attacks, mood disorders or suicidal thoughts.
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