There has been considerable research on the influence of the lunar cycle on @entity1032 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 @entity146 in @entity1 seen at a tertiary @entity146 hospital in @entity24673 and to examine relationships with eclipses. Analysis of all new @entity1 in two calendar years (1997 _ 1993) was carried out. Diagnoses of interest were : Non affective psychoses; @entity308 ; and @entity162 . The numbers of new @entity1 seen at the OPD of the Institute of Psychiatry _ @entity1 Behaviour, @entity24673 , with these diagnoses were compared between FM, NM and OM days. Numbers of @entity1 with these diagnoses on eclipse days (lunar/solar) were also examined. A significant trend was observed for greater numbers of @entity1 with non-affective psychoses on FM days, but no pattern was observed for @entity162 or @entity308 . The excess of non-affective psychoses was more marked on days of a visible lunar eclipse. A relationship between FM and non-affective psychoses has been demonstrated. Its implications for further research and the potential mechanism to explain these findings are discussed.

Lunar phase and XXXX in @entity24673 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Human'] @entity1032 :: ('MESH:D008607', 'Disease') :: ['mental illness'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity24673 :: ('91107', 'Gene') :: ['Goa'] @entity162 :: ('MESH:D001714', 'Disease') :: ['mania'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'psychiatric disorders']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychiatric illness']
