ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Possible Biological Mechanisms Linking Mental Health and Heat-A Contemplative Review.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- First global synthesis of heat-related mental health impacts in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of ambient temperature on mental and neurological conditions in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Environment international · 2024Pooled it
- Heat, Brain, and Mental Health: Biological Mechanisms Underlying Climate-Related Psychiatric Outcomes.Biology · 2026Review
- Impact of climate on mental health among university students: a population-based study across 43 cities in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Warm season hourly temperature and psychiatric emergencies: A case-crossover study of a vulnerable population in Boston, 2005-2019.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Somatosensory Amplification and Psychopathological Symptoms: The Mediating Roles of Meteoropathy and Meteosensitivity.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Temperature discomfort impairs everyday cognition: a pilot study using smartwatch-based ecological momentary assessment.Environmental research communications · 2026Article
- Mass incarceration as a climate justice issue.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2026Article
- Sunshine duration and episodes of mental disorders and the inverse effect modification by ambient temperature.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Independent and interactive effects of wet bulb globe temperature and air pollution exposures on suicide mortality.Environment international · 2026Article
- Gender and culture shape prosociality more than heat stress in a five-country experiment.PNAS nexus · 2026Article
- Daytime and nighttime heatwave intensity and acute care utilization for mental and neurological disorders in California.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2026Article
- Linking fire incidence to chronic respiratory disease outcomes in Brazil's Legal Amazon: an ecological study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Association of Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature with heat-related illness hospitalizations in Japan: a time-stratified, case-crossover study.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Heatwave-related variations in psychiatric consultations and admissions: a time-series analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Alcohol and substance use in extreme environment temperatures exposures, neural mechanisms, coping mechanisms, substance use disorders, and increased hospital visits.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- The effect of weather on unscheduled healthcare utilisation for mental health conditions in England, 2014-2022.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The neuropsychiatric toll of rising temperatures on women's health in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Short-term variations in summer temperatures and mental health-related emergency department visits in Ontario, Canada.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Exploring perceived relationships between weather, climate and mental health: biometeorological perspectives of healthcare practitioners.International journal of biometeorology · 2025Article
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Abstract
This review provides examples of possible biological mechanisms that could, at least partly, explain the existing epidemiological evidence of heatwave-related exacerbation of mental disease morbidity. The author reviews the complicated central processes involved in the challenge of maintaining a stable body temperature in hot environments, and the maladaptive effects of certain psychiatric medicines on thermoregulation. In addition, the author discusses some alternative mechanisms, such as interrupted functional brain connectivity and the effect of disrupted sleep, which may further increase the vulnerability of mental health patients during heatwaves.
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