The Effect of Temperature on Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health Outcomes

As summer time temperatures increase, there is an approximately monotonic increase in the number of emergency department visits for mental health outcomes. The study focused primarily on adults, and we didn't see evidence of heterogeneity in the effects by different age groups. But what we did see is that actually we observed elevated rates of emergencyDepartment visits in the northeastern us. And in the northern part of the central us. As well as the pacific northwest.