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Season of birth in psychiatry. A review
P Castrogiovanni1, S Iapichino, C Pacchierotti
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Siena, Italy.
Neuropsychobiology
|July 2, 1998
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.