Psychiatric diagnosis on acute admission related to prevailing weather conditions

Psychiatric diagnosis on acute admission in large psychiatric hospital was examined in relation to the weather conditions prevailing at the time of admission. This was done by a retrospective search of patients' records over a 13-month period. A clear relationship was found between wind directi...

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Published inPsychiatria clinica Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 90
Main Authors Large, W A, Johnson, F N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 01.01.1980
Subjects
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Weather
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Summary:Psychiatric diagnosis on acute admission in large psychiatric hospital was examined in relation to the weather conditions prevailing at the time of admission. This was done by a retrospective search of patients' records over a 13-month period. A clear relationship was found between wind direction and admissions in a number of diagnostic categories, and similar, though less dramatic, relationships were noted between admission categories and rainfall, prevailing temperature, and sunshine duration.
ISSN:0033-264X
DOI:10.1159/000283864