Thread: Full moon
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Old Dec 26, 2015, 01:23 AM
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I can't say that I notice with myself. But I don't pay a lot of attention to the moon other than to think "oh that's pretty" sometimes. I live in a hilly and wooded area where it's not always very visible.

however, when i worked in a couple of long-term psychiatric care facilities we marked the full moon on the calendar and anticipated that things would be wild around that time. And it was, every month. At first I laughed at the superstition but it didn't take long before I believed whole-heartedly. We sent more patients to the hospital for IP treatment during the full moon. Behaviors increased. Agitation increased and patients and staff were attacked more often. People would try to run away/get off their locked units more often. Patients refused meds more often during the full moon. More PRNs were needed. Etc. It was worth a research study but of course I didn't think of that at the time.
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