This page was translated automatically from Turkish. Read the original

Bu sayfa, 26. Dünya Psikiyatri Kongresi'nde sunulan çalışmanın yapay zekâ desteğiyle hazırlanmış Türkçe özetidir. Çalışmanın sahibi sunan yazarlardır; atıf için orijinal kaynağa başvurun.

Climate and Climate Change as Determinants and Modifiers of Mental Health

Climate and climate change as determinants and modifiers of mental health

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.

Tüm WCP 2026 özetleri