While the impact of heat on physical health is well-known and discussed, researchers, clinicians, and individuals fail to recognize the severity of such heat on one's mental health. Unfortunately, as temperatures are expected to continue rising, the potential consequences of neither recognizing nor effectively responding to this relation between mental health and extreme heat can prove disastrous to the world's health. Further, no prior publication has ever provided an extensive review of this mental health vulnerability. The current article therefore aimed to address this critical therapeutic and research gap by proposing three distinct, but related, goals. The following article first summarizes the variety of psychiatric and cognitive impairments that stem from exposure to rising temperatures, in an effort to highlight the gravity of this relationship. Next, a variety of biological, social, and cognitive causes are reviewed, demonstrating various theories as to why heat exposure creates such significant psychiatric impairment. Finally, the article will end by identifying and reviewing a variety of moderating, yet important, facets that either exacerbate or reduce one's emotional vulnerability to rising temperatures. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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大脑发热：气温升高对精神功能的影响、潜在原因和相关复合因素。


虽然高温对身体健康的影响是众所周知和讨论的，但研究人员、临床医生和个人未能认识到这种高温对一个人心理健康的严重性。不幸的是，随着气温预计会继续上升，既不认识也不有效应对心理健康与极端高温之间的这种关系的潜在后果可能会对世界健康造成灾难性的影响。此外，以前的出版物从未对这种心理健康脆弱性进行过广泛的审查。因此，本文旨在通过提出三个不同但相关的目标来解决这一关键的治疗和研究差距。以下文章首先总结了因暴露于高温而引起的各种精神和认知障碍，以强调这种关系的严重性。接下来，回顾了各种生物学、社会和认知原因，展示了关于为什么热暴露会造成如此严重的精神障碍的各种理论。最后，本文将识别和回顾各种适度但重要的方面，这些方面会加剧或减少一个人对气温上升的情绪脆弱性。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。