@article{20868,
  abstract     = {Residents of low-latitude megacities face growing vulnerability to humid-heat stress under urbanization and global warming, yet limited research has assessed the morbidity burden of mental and behavioral disorders (MBDs) linked to humid-heat exposures in these cities. Here we quantify the hospital admissions of MBDs in Shanghai, a megacity of over 25 million inhabitants, attributable to humid heat, and project future burdens under various greenhouse gas (GHG)-emission and population scenarios. Humid heat drives a higher morbidity burden than high temperature alone, especially in humid-heat nights. Without population change, the humid-heat-related morbidity burden of MBDs would increase by 68.2% (95% empirical confidence interval 56.7%–81.6%) under the highest-GHG-emission scenario by the 2090s, while 8,465 (95% empirical confidence interval 6,928–10,053) cases would be avoided by reducing emissions to the lowest pathway. With projected population decline, the attributable hospital admissions will decrease toward century’s end. These findings highlight the benefit of GHG mitigation in reducing the growing MBD risks posed by extreme humid heat.},
  author       = {Liang, Chen and Yuan, Jiacan and Zhang, Renhe and Tang, Xu and Schumann, Gunter and Hitchen, Esther and Polemiti, Elli and Serin, Emin and Kebir, Hedi and Lett, Tristram A. and Vaidya, Nilakshi and Roy, Jean-Charles and Walter, Henrik and Heinz, Andreas and Ralser, Markus and Twardziok, Sven and Eils, Roland and Jentsch, Marcel and Taron, Ulrike-Helene and Schütz, Tatjana and Schepanski, Kerstin and Banaschewski, Tobias and Neidhart, Maja and Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas and Tost, Heike and Holz, Nathalie and Schwarz, Emanuel and Stringaris, Argyris and Christmann, Nina and Janson, Karina and Nees, Frauke and Neidhart, Maja and Seefried, Beke and Aden, Rieke and Andreassen, Ole A. and Westlye, Lars T. and van der Meer, Dennis and Fernández-Cabello, Sara and Kjelkenes, Rikka and Ask, Helga and Rapp, Michael and Tschorn, Mira and Böttger, Sarah Jane and Marquand, Andre and Bernas, Antoine and Novarino, Gaia and Slater, Mel and Gallego, Jaime and Pastor, Álvaro and Feixas, Guillem and Eiroa-Orosa, Francisco José and Nöthen, Markus M. and Forstner, Andreas J. and Claus, Isabelle and Mathey, Carina and Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie and Hoffmann, Per and Miller, Abigail and Sommer, Peter and Schmitt, Karen and Wilbertz, Johannes and Patraskaki, Myrto and Jirsa, Viktor and Petkoski, Spase and Athanasiadis, Anastasios-Polykarpos and Spanlang, Bernhard and Pearmund, Charlie and Hese, Sören and Renner, Paul and Jia, Tianye and Chang, Xiao and Dai, Yuxiang and Xia, Yunman and Li, Yuzhu and Zhang, Yanqing and Calhoun, Vince and Thompson, Paul and Clinton, Nicholas and Desrivières, Sylvane and Agunbiade, Kofoworola and Yu, Xinyang and Zhang, Zuo and Chen, Di and Young, Allan H. and Schwalber, Ameli and Köhler, Vanessa and Stahl, Bernd and Ogoh, George and Schikowski, Tamara and Brandlistuen, Ragnhild},
  issn         = {2731-6076},
  journal      = {Nature Mental Health},
  number       = {12},
  pages        = {1532--1544},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Projecting the morbidity burden of mental and behavioral disorders associated with increasing humid heat in Shanghai}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s44220-025-00519-y},
  volume       = {3},
  year         = {2025},
}