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- Though less well-understood, there is substantial evidence that air pollution also impacts mental health. Past research has associated air pollution with higher levels of stress, psychological distress, increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s and depression.
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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 ...
Jul 6, 2023 · They found evidence that exposure to air pollutants may lead to depression, anxiety, psychoses, and perhaps even neurocognitive disorders, such as dementia.
Therefore, we were able to determine the effects of ambient air pollution as an independent risk factor for poor mental health. In particular, previously known risk factors were related to women and the elderly, but this study confirmed that air pollution was a risk factor for mental health disorders in men and individuals < 65 years old.
Jun 10, 2024 · We find no evidence of associations between long-term ambient particulate pollution and other indicators of mental health and well-being: stress, worry and quality of life. Understanding why long-term PM 2.5 concentrations are associated with depression and anxiety, but not other indicators of mental health and wellbeing, is challenging and ...
Jan 8, 2020 · In addition to increasing the risk of depressed mood and other mental health problems, exposure to air pollution may have large-scale negative effects on subjective feelings of well-being.
- James Lake, MD
Dec 18, 2019 · Particulate air pollution’s physical health effects are well known, but associations between particulate matter (PM) exposure and mental illness have not yet been established. However, there is increasing interest in emerging evidence supporting a possible etiological link.
Aug 21, 2024 · Exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), ozone (O 3), and sulphur dioxide (SO 2) is related to behavioural and development disorders, anxiety is related to particulate matter (PM 10), O 3 and SO 2,...
