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P: The ancient idea that madness is connected with the moon's phases ("lunacy") may have had something in it after all: a Virginia psychiatrist and a Washington astronomer found that of 2,875 women admitted to a state hospital, the greatest number entered at full moon; among 2,984 men, admissions were heaviest right after the new moon. Just what did the moon have to do with it? The two scientists didn't begin to know: they just had their figures.

P: Yale University's Student Mental Hygiene Service proudly announced that in its 25 years it has given first aid to more than 8,000 emotionally upset students who seemed headed for flunking, cheating, illness or drink.

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