Heatwaves drive 20% rise in mental health ER visits

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 12 - Italy's brutal heatwaves have so far driven a 20% rise in the number of emergency room visits for mental-health issues this summer, Italian health bodies said Wednesday. "This summer's extreme heat has also caused up to a 20% increase in visits for psychiatric disorders to some Italian emergency rooms compared to three years ago," said a statement by Simeu (Italian Society of Emergency Medicine) and SIEP (Italian Society of Psychiatric Epidemiology), confirming that th...

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