The British Journal of Psychiatry 150: 189-192 (1987)
© 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Influence of the day of the week and the weather on people using a telephone support system
E Hribersek, H van de Voorde, H Poppe and J Casselman
University of Louvain, Belgium.
The calls to a telephone counselling service at Louvain, during a 21- month
period, from one telephone zone were analysed. Data were studied in
relation to the type of weather, which was recorded every day. Calls made
by women about health and interpersonal problems showed a relationship to
the weather, while calls apparently motivated by masturbation intentions
from male callers increased when the weather improved.