While health officials issue warnings for physical danger from extreme heat, like heat stroke and heat exhaustion, just as concerning are the links between high temperatures and mental health issue…
By Cindy Krischer Goodman | South Florida Sun Sentinel“There does not seem to be any relief,” said Cox, who has given up gardening and outside activity as the heat index climbs to new records in Florida.
Research shows the high temperatures combined with the thick humidity plaguing can take a toll on everything from day-to-day moods to the potential for a mental health crisis, or self-harm. Emergency department doctors like Dr. Brian Drummond in Tucson, Arizona, are seeing patients arrive with manic behavior, rage and severe depression just as much as with heat stroke this summer. “It’s the heat and all the other stressors,” he said.
People gather and watch the sunset from South Mountain Park amid the city’s worst heat wave on record on July 25, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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