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- hottest days on record over the last decade were associated with an increase in mental health-related emergency department visits among U.S. adults[2]
- associations marginally significant for:
- substance use disorders (RR=1.08)
- anxiety, stress-related disorders, & somatoform disorders (RR=1.07)
- mood disorders (RR=1.07)
- schizophrenia, schizotypal disorders, & delusional disorders (RR=1.05)
- self-harm (RR=1.06 )
- childhood-onset behavioral disorders (RR=1.11)
- associations marginally significant for:
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- ↑ Garrido MM, Kane RL, Kaas M, Kane RA. Use of mental health care by community-dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jan;59(1):50-6. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21198461
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Grant K Does Extreme Heat Prompt More Mental Health-Related ED Visits? Sky-high temps were an external stressor across a variety of mental health conditions. MedPage Today February 23, 2022 https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/anxietystress/97328
Nori-Sarma A, Sun S, Sun Y et al Association Between Ambient Heat and Risk of Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health Among US Adults, 2010 to 2019. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online February 23, 2022 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35195664 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2789481 - ↑ World Health Organization (WHO). May 5, 2015 WHO/UNHCR issue new guide on mental health in humanitarian emergencies. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2015/mental-health-in-emergencies/en/
- ↑ Mental Health Global Action Program. World Health Organization (WHO). The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). 2015 Clinical Management of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Conditions in Humanitarian Emergencies. mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG) http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/162960/1/9789241548922_eng.pdf?ua=1
- ↑ National Center for Complementary and Inegrative Health Mental Health https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/mental-health