ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2024
Climate Change and Psychiatry: The Correlation between the Mean Monthly Temperature and Admissions to an Acute Inpatient Unit.
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- Polish Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the METEO-Q in Healthy, Cardiac, and Psychiatric Samples.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Heatwave-related variations in psychiatric consultations and admissions: a time-series analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- From Serendipity to Precision: Integrating AI, Multi-Omics, and Human-Specific Models for Personalized Neuropsychiatric Care.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundPsychiatric disorders are large contributors to the global disease burden, but research on the impact of climate change on them is limited. Our aim is to investigate the correlation between temperature and exacerbations of psychiatric disorders to help inform clinical management and future public health policies.
methodsTemperature records for the summer months from 2013 to 2022 were obtained from the meteorological station of the Department of Physics of Turin University. Data on patients admitted to the acute psychiatric unit were extracted from registries of San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital (Turin, Italy). Regression analyses were used to investigate the correlation between temperature and number of admissions and to test for confounding variables.
resultsA total of 1600 admissions were recorded. The monthly temperature and number of admissions were directly correlated (
conclusionsThese results confirm the impact of meteorological factors on mental disorders, particularly on BD. This can contribute to personalised follow-up and efficient resource allocation and poses grounds for studies into etiopathological mechanisms and therapeutic implications.
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