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Hotter summers, hidden harms: heat's toll on mental health
Original: Hotter summers, hidden harms
The Centre for Mental Health is warning that increasingly hot summers carry hidden harms beyond physical heat risks, including damage to mental health. Extreme heat is linked to poorer sleep, heightened anxiety, irritability and worse outcomes for people with existing mental illness. The charity is urging policymakers to treat heat as a growing public mental health concern as summers keep getting hotter.
Why now: Rising summer temperatures are prompting concern that heatwaves worsen mental health problems, a less-recognised impact of climate change.
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- Hotter summers, hidden harms · Centre for Mental Health
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