Long-term temperature exposure and depression incidence in the Nurses’ Health Study II, a U.S.-based prospective cohort
Our results suggest that sustained exposure to higher temperatures is associated with chronic depression and other mental health outcomes. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants U01 CA176726, U01 HL145386, and P30 ES000002.
Authors
- F Laden
- Cindy Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3432-7944)
- Grete E. Wilt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7145-6975)
- Nicole V. DeVille (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2199-8805)
- Charlotte Roscoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9169-6458)
- BA Coull
- Unnati Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0727-4413)
- Peter James
- Jaime E. Hart
- O.I. Okereke
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Department of Public Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environment International
- Published
- 2026-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2026.110160
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00