ArticleDisaster medicine and public health preparedness2025
Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD Among Southern California Residents After the January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires.
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- Wearable measured physiological stress and activity patterns changes after 2025 Los Angeles wildfire among older adults: findings from a pilot prospective cohort study.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2026Article
- The Mental Health Impacts of Wildfire Exposure: A Scoping Review of the Quantitative Evidence.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
- Wildfire smoke-related PMEnvironment international · 2026Article
- The Effect of Wildfire Exposure: Neurological Outcomes, Mental Health, and Epigenetic Insights.Genes · 2026Review
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objectivesThe January 2025 Los Angeles wildland-urban interface wildfires represent a significant environmental disaster, resulting in widespread evacuations. Beyond the immediate physical and economic devastation, wildfires can have profound and lasting impacts on the mental well-being of affected populations. This study compared mental health outcomes between Southern California residents who evacuated due to the fires and those who did not evacuate.
methodsSouthern California residents (N = 739) were surveyed 2-3 months after the January 2025 wildfires. Logistic regression models assessed the association of evacuation status with depression, anxiety, and PTSD, adjusting for demographics and baseline pre-fire levels of depression and anxiety.
resultsEvacuating was significantly associated with higher odds of depression (AOR = 1.75 [1.08-2.85]) and PTSD (AOR = 2.44 [1.36-4.35]), after controlling for pre-fire mental health status and other demographic covariates. Evacuation status was not associated with anxiety.
conclusionsThese findings support previous research linking wildfire exposure to adverse mental health outcomes and highlight the importance of targeted mental health screening and support for wildfire evacuees, who are at increased risk for depression and PTSD.
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