Two studies found evidence that those with mental disorders generally exhibit periods of increased violent or aggressive episodes during the full moon,[21][22] but a more recent study found no such correlation.[23] An analysis of mental-health data found a significant effect of moon phase, but only on schizophrenic patients.[24] Such effect are not necessarily related directly to the behaviour of the moon. A study into epilepsy found a significant negative correlation between the mean number of seizures and the fraction of the moon illuminated by the sun, but this correlation disappeared when the local clarity of the night sky was controlled for, suggesting that it was the brightness of the night that influenced the occurrence of epileptic seizures
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