| Title |
Not carried away by a moonlight shadow: no evidence for associations between suicide occurrence and lunar phase among more than 65,000 suicide cases in Austria, 1970–2006
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Acta Medica Austriaca, June 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00508-008-0985-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martin Voracek, Lisa Mariella Loibl, Nestor D. Kapusta, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Kanita Dervic, Gernot Sonneck |
| Abstract |
Belief in lunar effects on abnormal or deviant human behavior ("moon madness") is old, common, perpetuated by the media and notably widespread among health professionals, and may thus have public health consequences. This study investigated lunar effects on one particular outcome (completed suicide) for which the literature appears unsettled, owing to some recent reports with positive findings. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Spain | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 31 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 16% |
| Researcher | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 16% |
| Unknown | 8 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 26% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 10% |
| Psychology | 3 | 10% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 19% |
| Unknown | 9 | 29% |
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