Warm Weather Babies Have A Higher Suicide Risk

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I would have expected the opposite.

A study of 26,916 suicides in England and Wales found babies born in April, May or June had a 17% higher risk of suicide than those born in the autumn.

The team suggested the increased risk reflected the fact that more people with alcoholism, depression and mood disorders are born in these months.

The research is published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

Nobody seems to know the exact cause of this

Research leader Dr Emad Salib, consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer at Liverpool University, said it could be that the baby’s health prospects are linked to its seasonal experiences in the womb.