Researchers suspect that a full moon in the sky causes mysterious changes in humans. Psychiatrists at Indiana University College of Medicine found that deaths due to suicide increase during the full moon.
"We wanted to analyze the hypothesis that suicides increase around the full moon and determine whether high-risk patients should be followed closely during those times," said Dr. Aleksandar Niculescu. They found that deaths by suicide increased significantly during the week of the full moon, and that it most often occurs between 3 to 4 pm, and September is the peak time for suicides.
The team recently published their findings in Discover Mental Health.
Dr. Niculescu explained that the increased light emitted from the full moon could be what leads to an increase in suicides during that period.
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