Absence of mental disorder is considered mental health. According to Wikipedia, this term is used to describe a level of cognitive or emotional well-being of mind. Mental health may also include an individual’s ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between day to day activities of life and efforts to achieve psychological resilience.

Various scholars, astrologers and thinkers have said that the state of mind and the Moon have some relationship. The word lunatic has been derived from the Latin “lunacus”, which means “luna” (moon). People from ancient period believed that the phases of the moon and madness are interlinked. This may be a good analysis by itself if a relationship can be established between phases of moon and its effects on a mental patient. This may help to time the period when the patient is likely to have mental fits.

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