The Moon and Madness.

Lunacy, the legendary notion of minds unhinged by the moon, continues to captivate the popular imagination. Although it violates the assumptions of modern science and psychiatry, such belief remains common among mental health workers. Furthermore, several studies have found a small, unexplained corr...

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Main Author: McCrae, Niall
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Luton : Andrews UK, 2011.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Body Matter; Nearest Heaven; The Medieval Cosmos; Lunacy in the Age of Reason; Eclipsed by Mental Science; An Elusive Proof; Our Mischievous Minds; A Distracting Glow; Tidal Rhythms; Reconciling Mind and Cosmos; Back Matter; Bibliography; Also Available. 
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520 |a Lunacy, the legendary notion of minds unhinged by the moon, continues to captivate the popular imagination. Although it violates the assumptions of modern science and psychiatry, such belief remains common among mental health workers. Furthermore, several studies have found a small, unexplained correlation between behaviour and the lunar cycle. The book is divided into two parts. It begins with a historical account of the lunacy concept, followed by an investigation of hypothetical mechanism .. 
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