Wildfire Smoke Linked to Increase in Mental Health ED Visits

TOPLINE: Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from the 2020 California wildfires was linked to an increase in mental health-related emergency department (ED) visits within 7 days of exposure, including increases of 8% for all-cause mental health, 15% for depression, and 29% for other mood-affective disorders…