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Feb 20, 2024 · Given the rapidly changing environmental and climate boundaries, coupled to a deeper understanding of psychological harms arising from environmental pollution and exposures, the often unseen and pernicious costly mental health impacts need to be addressed to ensure society is better prepared.
Jun 3, 2021 · Research shows these effects correlate with poor mental health. Equity, a component of environmental form, is key when considering the links between the environment and mental health, with populations of lower socioeconomic status experiencing poorer mental health than those of higher status.
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Feb 16, 2022 · Science and policy experts in environmental, psychiatric, genetic, social, and behavioral epidemiology, toxicology, and neuro and developmental psychology are coming together to explore converging evidence on the relationship - harmful or beneficial - between environmental factors and mental health.
Alongside effects on cardiovascular and respiratory health, there is emerging evidence that exposure to air pollutants (both indoors and outdoors) may lead to neurocognitive disorders and affect mental health (directly and indirectly) through a range of potential causal pathways (see Figs 1 and 2). 1,31–35 Observational evidence has ...
Jun 10, 2024 · There is now increasing evidence that environmental conditions, and in particular poor air quality, may be associated with mental health and wellbeing. This cross-sectional analysis uses data on mental health and wellbeing from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), a nationally representative survey of the population aged 50+ in Ireland.
Current research suggests that high air pollution levels have long-term mental health effects, such as reduced mental capacity and increased cognitive decline, leading to increased stress, anxiety, and depression.
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Pollutant agents are exponentially increasing in modern society since industrialization processes and technology are being developed worldwide. Impact of pollution on public health is well known but little has been described on the association between environmental pollutants and mental health.
