Stewart-Ruano Allison, Spriggs Raenita, Lawrance Emma L, Massazza Alessandro, Czerniewska Alexandra, Reale Alejandro Saez, Shumake-Guillemot Joy, Keyes Katherine M, Van Horne Yoshira Ornelas, Parks Robbie M
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Climate Cares Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation & Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Curr Environ Health Rep. 2025 May 26;12(1):23. doi: 10.1007/s40572-025-00486-7.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning remains limited and no comprehensive assessment of its inclusion exists to date. This review aims to (1) identify and categorize mental health-related content in heat-health action plans globally; and (2) analyze the gaps in included interventions related to extreme heat and mental health. RECENT FINDINGS: A review of 83 heat-health action plans from 24 countries revealed that while 75.9% of plans mentioned mental health, only 31.3% acknowledged its specific impacts and 21.7% included targeted interventions. These plans covered approximately 2.2 billion people, representing about 26% of the 2024 global population. Most interventions were directed at the societal level, with limited attention to individual or community-level support. Individuals with mental illness were commonly grouped with other vulnerable populations without tailored support. Low-income countries were not represented, while 44 plans (53.0%) came from high- and upper-middle-income countries. Among lower-middle-income countries, most plans originated from India (35; 89.7%). Despite recognition of the impacts of extreme heat on mental health, heat-health action plans lack comprehensive strategies to address these risks. The findings highlight a broader challenge within climate adaptation policies, where the recognition of mental health risks is often not matched by necessary resources, planning, and interventions. Given the critical gaps in mental health inclusion, greater efforts and resources are needed to integrate targeted mental health strategies into heat-health plans and policies.
综述目的:酷热与自杀、焦虑和物质使用障碍等心理健康状况相关。然而,心理健康在热健康规划中的整合仍然有限,迄今为止尚无对其纳入情况的全面评估。本综述旨在:(1)识别并分类全球热健康行动计划中与心理健康相关的内容;(2)分析所纳入的与酷热和心理健康相关干预措施中的差距。 最新发现:对来自24个国家的83份热健康行动计划的综述显示,虽然75.9%的计划提到了心理健康,但只有31.3%承认其具体影响,21.7%包含针对性干预措施。这些计划覆盖了约22亿人,约占2024年全球人口的26%。大多数干预措施针对社会层面,对个人或社区层面的支持关注有限。患有精神疾病的个体通常与其他弱势群体归为一类,缺乏量身定制的支持。低收入国家未被纳入,而44份计划(53.0%)来自高收入和中高收入国家。在中低收入国家中,大多数计划来自印度(35份;89.7%)。尽管认识到酷热对心理健康的影响,但热健康行动计划缺乏应对这些风险的全面策略。这些发现凸显了气候适应政策中一个更广泛的挑战,即对心理健康风险的认识往往与必要的资源、规划和干预措施不匹配。鉴于心理健康纳入方面存在重大差距,需要做出更大努力并投入更多资源,将有针对性的心理健康策略纳入热健康计划和政策中。
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