Study Establishes Link Between Air Pollution and Children's Mental Health

Researchers have found that short-term exposure to ambient air pollution was associated with exacerbations of psychiatric disorders in children one to two days later.

The study, also found that children living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods may be more susceptible to the effects of air pollution compared to other children, especially for disorders related to anxiety and suicidal.

The fact that children living in high poverty neighbourhoods experienced greater health effects of air pollution could mean that pollutant and neighbourhood stressors can have synergistic effects on psychiatric symptom severity and frequency," said study lead author.

Three new studies from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Cincinnati, highlight the relationship between air pollution and mental health in children.

Two other Cincinnati Children's studies also link air pollution to children's mental health and found an association between recent high traffic related air pollution (TRAP) exposure and higher generalised anxiety.

The study is believed to be the first to use neuroimaging to link TRAP exposure, metabolic disturbances in the brain, and generalized anxiety symptoms among otherwise healthy children.

The researchers found higher myoinositol concentrations in the brain - a marker of the brain's neuroinflammatory response to TRAP.

The other study found that exposure to TRAP during early life and across childhood was significantly associated with self-reported depression and anxiety symptoms in 12 year olds.

Collectively, these studies contribute to the growing body of evidence that exposure to air pollution during early life and childhood may contribute to depression, anxiety and other mental health problems in adolescence, said the researchers.


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The risk of these 4 mental health disorders increases due to extreme weather events

The brain is tricky. We seldom realise the many layers it has and how it functions as an organ, and how some events in our life can impact our mental health. The kind of childhood we have had, the relationships we share with people, and the places we grow up in are a few of the factors that affect our mental health and the risk of mental health disorders in the future. A recent report has, however, found that even extreme weather events can have a negative impact on our well-being.

Extreme weather events like floods can lead to loss of life and property. When people lose their homes, or when their houses are damaged by storms, floods or some other weather conditions, they are more likely to experience mental health issues, a study has found.

In a study, it was found that people with weather-damaged houses had poorer mental health, even if the damages were relatively minor and did not force them to move out of their houses. 

Other factors that increase the risk of mental health disorders like a social disadvantage, debt, poor physical health, etc. were also taken into account and it was found that people who suffered the wrath of weather extremities were 50 per cent more likely to experience poorer mental health.

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