Elevated temperatures and climate change may contribute to rising drug and alcohol disorders

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Hospital visits from alcohol- and substance-related disorders are driven by elevated temperatures and could be further affected by rising temperatures due to climate change, according to new research by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

useful to understand the impact of short-term climate-related phenomena such as periods of elevated heat.

because the most severe disorders may have resulted in deaths before a hospital visit was possible. Going forward, the researchers may attempt to link cases of deaths with hospital visit records to create a fuller picture of patients' medical history.

 

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