Season of Birth in Psychiatry
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Neuropsychobiology
- Vol. 37 (4) , 175-181
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000026499
Abstract
Numerous studies suggest that seasonal birth may play a pathogenic role in the development of mental disorders. A birth excess of 10% during winter and spring has been shown in schizophrenia. The few studies carried out on affective disorders revealed a significant increase of births in the first quarter of the year in bipolar disorders and major depressive disorder. Subjects with seasonal affective disorder show a peak of births in May. Data on personality, eating and ‘neurotic’ disorders are less consistent. At the moment there are no data in the literature about anxiety disorders.Keywords
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