Heat exposure tied to doubled youth mental health hospital admissions in NSW
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A NSW study of around 720,000 hospital admissions for people up to 24 (2001–2022) found extreme daily temperatures double admissions in warmer months and triple them in cooler months, with heat-related hospitalizations projected to rise 6–7.7% by 2100 as warming continues; the findings, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, suggest brain function changes and sleep disruption as possible mechanisms and highlight the need to add mental health considerations to heat-health policies.
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