Short-term exposure to temperature and mental health in North Carolina: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis.

ABSTRACT: Adverse mental health outcomes have been associated with high temperatures in studies worldwide. Few studies explore a broad range of mental health outcomes, and to our knowledge, none are specific to NC, USA. This ecological study explored the relationship between ambient temperature and mental health outcomes (suicide, self-harm and suicide ideation, anxiety and stress, mood disorders, and depression) in six urban counties across the state of NC, USA. We applied a quasi-Poisson generalized linear model combined with a distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) to examine the short-term effects of daily ambient temperature on emergency admissions for mental health conditions (2016 to 2018) and violent deaths (2004 to 2018). The results were predominately insignificant, with some key exception

SUBMITTER: Minor T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859672 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature