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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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May 10, 2024 · This umbrella review classifies and quantifies for the first time the global negative impacts that air pollution and climate change can exert on mental health, identifying evidence-based targets that can inform future research and population health actions.
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 ...
Abstract. Climate change, pollution, and deforestation have a negative impact on global mental health. There is an environmental justice dimension to this challenge as wealthy people and high‐income countries are major contributors to climate change and pollution, while poor people and low‐income countries are heavily affected by the consequences.
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.
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Feb 16, 2022 · Featured is an overview of what is known about the intersection of the environment and mental health, focusing on the effects of neurotoxic pollutants, threats related to climate change, and the importance of health promoting environments, such as urban green spaces.
