ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2024
Association of Psychiatric Emergency Visits and Warm Ambient Temperature during Pregnancy: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study.
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- Impacts of extreme temperatures on mood disorders: A systematic review.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Pooled it
- Temperature extremes and maternal health: differential risks of severe maternal morbidity during heatwaves and coldwaves in North Carolina.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Article
- A systematic review of the association between climate change and suicidality reveals that climate indicators increase suicide rates.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- A Case-Crossover Study of Extreme Heat and Psychiatric Emergency Encounters Among Vulnerable Pregnant People.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2025Article
- The Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Stressors on Maternal Mental Health: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Mental health disparities among maternal populations following heatwave exposure in North Carolina (2011-2019): a matched analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of heatwaves on emergency visits for major depression and suicidal ideation in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- The connection between climate change and perinatal mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Climate education as adaptation: A scoping review of programs advancing maternal and newborn health.The journal of climate change and healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundAcute exposure to high ambient temperature and heat waves during the warm season has been linked with psychiatric disorders. Emerging research has shown that pregnant people, due to physiological and psychological changes, may be more sensitive to extreme heat, and acute exposure has been linked to increased risk of pregnancy complications; however, few studies have examined psychiatric complications.
objectiveOur objective was to examine the association between acute exposure to warm ambient temperatures and emergency department (ED) visits for mental disorders during pregnancy.
methodsA time-stratified case-crossover design with conditional logistic regression was performed on
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conclusionsFor this pregnant population in the southeastern United States, short-term exposure to high ambient temperatures during the warm season was associated with a greater risk of ED visits for an array of psychiatric disorders. Findings show that climate-related increases in ambient temperature may contribute to psychiatric morbidity in pregnant people. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13293.
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