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1: Neuropsychobiology. 1998;37(4):175-81.Click here to read Links

Season of birth in psychiatry. A review.

Castrogiovanni P, Iapichino S, Pacchierotti C, Pieraccini F.

Department of Psychiatry, University of Siena, Italy.

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.

PMID: 9648124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]