ArticleEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2024
Impact of air pollution exposure on the severity of major depressive disorder: Results from the DeprAir study.
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- Influence of Air Pollution Exposure on the microRNA Content of Neuronal Extracellular Vesicles in Subjects Affected by Major Depressive Disorder.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Long-Term Urban Air Pollution Drives Multi-Stage Neuropsychiatric Disorder Trajectories: A Prospective Cohort Study.Toxics · 2025Article
- Prediction of depression risk in middle-aged and elderly Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic syndrome patients by social and environmental determinants of health: an interpretable machine learning approach using longitudinal data from China.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Association Between Biomass Fuel Use and Depression Symptoms in the Adult Population of Oaxaca, Mexico.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- European Psychiatry: 2024 in review.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most prevalent medical conditions worldwide. Different factors were found to play a role in its etiology, including environmental ones (e.g., air pollution). The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between air pollution exposure and MDD severity.
methodsFour hundred sixteen MDD subjects were recruited. Severity of MDD and functioning were evaluated through five rating scales: Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), Clinical Global Impression (CGI), Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), and Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS). Daily mean estimates of particulate matter with diameter ≤10 (PM10) and 2.5 μm (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO
resultsTwo-thirds of subjects were women and one-third had a family history of depression. Most women had depression with symptoms of anxiety, while men had predominantly melancholic depression. NO
conclusionsExposure to air pollution worsens MDD severity, with hypersusceptibility and lower temperatures being exacerbating factors.
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