The neuropsychiatric toll of rising temperatures on women's health in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global warming poses a significant threat to human mental health, with disproportionate effects on vulnerable and highly exposed populations, such as women from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). This scoping review mapped available evidence on associations between high ambient temperature and psychiatric, neurologic and neurocognitive outcomes in women from LMICs.

Methods

A systematic literature search was conducted in the electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Global Health, CINAHL and Global Index Medicus in December 2024, and updated in September 2025, without date restriction. Controlled vocabulary terms were used to identify relevant studies in the domains of ambient heat exposure, mental disorders/mental health, emotional regulat

SUBMITTER: Kunzel RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12718575 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature