9/15/2022 Grand Rounds
Extreme Heat Impacts on Mental Health in US Adults, and Potential Impacts of Other Climate-Relevant Extreme Weather Events
Speaker:
Amruta Nori-Sarma, PhD, MPH |
While the physical health impacts of extreme heat exposures have been well documented, the mental health impacts of high ambient temperatures remain poorly understood. In this seminar, Dr. Nori-Sarma will describe research conducted using health insurance claims data among US adults to characterize the relationship between elevated ambient summertime temperatures and emergency department visits for mental health, across all causes and for specific causes. She will also discuss research methods for understanding additional climate-relevant extreme weather events and their impacts on mental health-related ED visits in the same claims dataset. Learning Objectives:
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