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Curr Environ Health Rep

Title:		"A Scoping Review of Non-Occupational Exposures to Environmental Pollutants and Adult Depression, Anxiety, and Suicide"
Author(s):		Dickerson AS; Wu AC; Liew Z; Weisskopf M;
Address:		"Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Center for Perinatal Pediatric, and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Building 1, Suite 1402, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. mweissko@hsph.harvard.edu"
Journal Title:		Curr Environ Health Rep
Year:		2020
Volume:		7
Issue:		3
Page Number:		256 - 271
DOI:		10.1007/s40572-020-00280-7
ISSN/ISBN:		2196-5412 (Electronic) 2196-5412 (Linking)
Abstract:		"PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Despite a call for better understanding of the role of environmental pollutant influences on mental health and the tremendous public health burden of mental health, this issue receives far less attention than many other effects of pollutants. Here we summarize the body of literature on non-occupational environmental pollutant exposures and adult depression, anxiety, and suicide-in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and PsychINFO through the end of year 2018. RECENT FINDINGS: One hundred twelve articles met our criteria for further review. Of these, we found 88 articles on depression, 33 on anxiety, and 22 on suicide (31 articles covered multiple outcomes). The earliest article was published in 1976, and the most frequent exposure of interest was air pollution (n = 33), followed by secondhand smoke (n = 20), metals (n = 18), noise (n = 17), and pesticides (n = 10). Other exposures studied less frequently included radiation, magnetic fields, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), volatile organic compounds, solvents, and reactive sulfur compounds. The current literature, although limited, clearly suggests many kinds of environmental exposures may be risk factors for depression, anxiety, and suicide. For several pollutants, important limitations exist with many of the studies. Gaps in the body of research include a need for more longitudinal, life-course studies, studies that can measure cumulative exposures as well as shorter-term exposures, studies that reduce the possibility of reverse causation, and mechanistic studies focused on neurotoxic exposures"
Keywords:		Adult Air Pollutants/toxicity Air Pollution/adverse effects Anxiety/*chemically induced Depression/*chemically induced Environmental Exposure/*adverse effects Environmental Pollutants/*toxicity Female Humans Male Mental Disorders/chemically induced Mental;
Notes:		"MedlineDickerson, Aisha S Wu, Alexander C Liew, Zeyan Weisskopf, Marc eng T42 OH008416/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/ P30 ES000002/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ K99 ES026729/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ T32 ES007069/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ R00 ES026729/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review Switzerland 2020/06/14 Curr Environ Health Rep. 2020 Sep; 7(3):256-271. doi: 10.1007/s40572-020-00280-7"