COVID-19, Air Pollution and Mental Illness: Heads of the Same "Beast"?

Psychiatr Danub. 2021 Sep;33(Suppl 9):172-173.

Abstract

The Covid-19 outbreak are generating relevant consequences under several aspects. Covid-19 pandemic together with air pollution and a dysfunctional anthropization/urbanization might affect public and mental health with a synergistic effect. The current paper explore hypothesis about existing links among Covid-19, air pollution and mental illness.

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants* / adverse effects
  • Air Pollutants* / analysis
  • Air Pollution* / adverse effects
  • Air Pollution* / analysis
  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders* / epidemiology
  • Mental Disorders* / etiology
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Air Pollutants