Giovanna Fico

Giovanna Fico

Giovanna Fico
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Assistant Doctor of Psychiatry and postdoctoral researcher at the Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit of the Psychiatry and Psychology Department of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

Exposure to cold and heat could affect adolescents' mental health

Exposure to cold and heat could affect adolescents' mental health, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The research, led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), was conducted with nearly 5,000 adolescents from the Netherlands (3,934) and Spain (885). The results showed how exposure to environmental temperatures influences psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and attention problems.