Original paper
Temperature and mental health: Evidence from the spectrum of mental health outcomes
Abstract
This paper characterizes the link between ambient temperatures and a broad set of mental health outcomes. We find that higher temperatures increase emergency department visits for mental illness, suicides, and self-reported days of poor mental health. Specifically, cold temperatures reduce negative mental health outcomes while hot temperatures increase them. Our estimates reveal no evidence of adaptation, instead the temperature relationship is...
Paper Details
Title
Temperature and mental health: Evidence from the spectrum of mental health outcomes
Published Date
Dec 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
68
Pages
102240 - 102240
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