# Climate and Climate Change as Determinants and Modifiers of Mental Health - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k2553 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Climate and Climate Change as Determinants and Modifiers of Mental Health | WCP 2026 Summary > While the impact of climate on mental health has become a matter of debate in the case of seasonal affective disorder, suicidal behavior shows a more robust se… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/k2553) Bu sayfa, 26. Dünya Psikiyatri Kongresi'nde sunulan çalışmanın yapay zekâ desteğiyle hazırlanmış Türkçe özetidir. Çalışmanın sahibi sunan yazarlardır; atıf için orijinal kaynağa başvurun. Genel Oturum ve Seçkin KonferansHalk Sağlığı ve EpidemiyolojiDerleme / görüş # Climate and Climate Change as Determinants and Modifiers of Mental Health Climate and climate change as determinants and modifiers of mental health Sunan: Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis Ülke: Greece Oturum: 2360 - DISTINGUISHED LECTURES: GENES AND PLANETARY CHANGE—BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF SUICIDE RISK AND MENTAL HEALTH Tarih: Thu, 24.09.2026, 08:00 - 08:30 Salon: Victoria Hall While the impact of climate on mental health has become a matter of debate in the case of seasonal affective disorder, suicidal behavior shows a more robust seasonal and climate-related pattern, with modern living attenuating these effects. The lecture examines whether climate and climate change are determinants and modifiers of mental health. It argues that climate shapes human development and activities, including biological functioning and sociocultural development, and that its interaction with the land shapes populations and, ultimately, civilization. Its effects on biological functioning span a broad range, from the seasonality of births to seasonal fluctuations in brain function. Climate and weather conditions have traditionally been considered to influence mental health, with seasonal affective disorder regarded as a prime example; however, advances in microenvironmental control and rigorous epidemiological studies have called even the existence of this disorder into question. By contrast, a more robust effect is observed in suicidal behavior (suicidality): suicides show both a seasonal pattern and a climate-related distribution across Eurasia and the Americas. It is suggested that this may be attributable, at least in part, to evolutionary factors associated with the adaptation of certain human populations to extreme cold. Modern lifestyles, in which the microclimate is controlled through better housing, heating, and air conditioning, have already attenuated the influence of climate on many human functions. Changes in the seasonality of births are cited as a clear example, with consequences such as increased intrauterine exposure to viruses. The lecture concludes that climate change is expected to produce similar effects, some of which may already have been observed. Bu çalışmaya nasıl atıf yapılır? APA 7: Fountoulakis, K. N., et al. (2026, September 24). Climate and climate change as determinants and modifiers of mental health [Keynote address]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. Vancouver: Fountoulakis KN, et al. Climate and climate change as determinants and modifiers of mental health [keynote address]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Yazar adları ve başlık biçimi kongre sisteminden otomatik oluşturulmuştur; kullanmadan önce orijinal posterle karşılaştırın. ## Aynı konudan - [Birleşik Krallık'ta COVID sonrası DEHB ile ilgili arama ilgisinde orantısız artış](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0075) - [Brezilyalı üniversite öğrencilerinde dikkat eksikliği/hiperaktivite belirtilerinin yaşam tarzı ve anksiyete bağıntıları: UNILIFE çok merkezli kohort bulguları](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0087) - [Sendemik kuramının evsizlik, ruhsal hastalık, madde kullanımı ve suçlulukla ilişkisine uygulanması: bir kapsam derlemesi](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0093) - [Ruh sağlığı hizmetlerine başvuru zamanlaması ve genç erişkinlikte işgücü piyasasından dışlanma: Finlandiya kayıt temelli çalışması](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0228) - [Birinci sınıf üniversite öğrencilerinde depresyon ve birikimli olumsuz yaşantılar: Kenya üniversitelerinden bulgular](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0240) [Tüm WCP 2026 özetleri](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k2553 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim