From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders
Epidemiological evidence from the past 20 years indicates that environmental chemicals brought into the air by the vaporization of volatile organic compounds and other anthropogenic pollutants might be involved, at least in part, in the development or progression of psychiatric disorders. This evide...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2025-01-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1511475/full |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1841553914537705472 |
|---|---|
| author | German Torres Ryia T. Subbaiah Riya A. Sood Joerg R. Leheste |
| author_facet | German Torres Ryia T. Subbaiah Riya A. Sood Joerg R. Leheste |
| author_sort | German Torres |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Epidemiological evidence from the past 20 years indicates that environmental chemicals brought into the air by the vaporization of volatile organic compounds and other anthropogenic pollutants might be involved, at least in part, in the development or progression of psychiatric disorders. This evidence comes primarily from occupational work studies in humans, with indoor occupations being the most important sources of airborne pollutants affecting neural circuits implicated in mood disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder). The current mini review brings together recent findings of indoor airborne pollution from different fields of research, including genetics, neuropathology, and neuroimaging, for gauging underlying physiological mechanisms leading to emotional disturbances that impact nearly all aspects of human behavior. A better understanding of how indoor airborne pollutants affect brain neurons to augment clinical symptoms associated with psychiatric disorders will undoubtedly be useful in the subsequent treatment of patients with major depressive and/or bipolar disorders. This article is part of the themed issue, “Understanding the Link Between Environmental Pollutants, Brain & Behavior.” |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-b137542cc7b844f4aa6e9b88ee90bd9b |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1664-0640 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-01-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
| spelling | doaj-art-b137542cc7b844f4aa6e9b88ee90bd9b2025-01-09T06:10:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402025-01-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.15114751511475From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disordersGerman Torres0Ryia T. Subbaiah1Riya A. Sood2Joerg R. Leheste3Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), Old Westbury, NY, United StatesDepartment of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), Old Westbury, NY, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), Old Westbury, NY, United StatesEpidemiological evidence from the past 20 years indicates that environmental chemicals brought into the air by the vaporization of volatile organic compounds and other anthropogenic pollutants might be involved, at least in part, in the development or progression of psychiatric disorders. This evidence comes primarily from occupational work studies in humans, with indoor occupations being the most important sources of airborne pollutants affecting neural circuits implicated in mood disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder). The current mini review brings together recent findings of indoor airborne pollution from different fields of research, including genetics, neuropathology, and neuroimaging, for gauging underlying physiological mechanisms leading to emotional disturbances that impact nearly all aspects of human behavior. A better understanding of how indoor airborne pollutants affect brain neurons to augment clinical symptoms associated with psychiatric disorders will undoubtedly be useful in the subsequent treatment of patients with major depressive and/or bipolar disorders. This article is part of the themed issue, “Understanding the Link Between Environmental Pollutants, Brain & Behavior.”https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1511475/fullepidemiologyvolatile organic compounds (VOCs)anthropogenic pollutantspsychiatric disordersindoor air pollutionmood disorders |
| spellingShingle | German Torres Ryia T. Subbaiah Riya A. Sood Joerg R. Leheste From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders Frontiers in Psychiatry epidemiology volatile organic compounds (VOCs) anthropogenic pollutants psychiatric disorders indoor air pollution mood disorders |
| title | From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders |
| title_full | From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders |
| title_fullStr | From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders |
| title_short | From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders |
| title_sort | from air to mind unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders |
| topic | epidemiology volatile organic compounds (VOCs) anthropogenic pollutants psychiatric disorders indoor air pollution mood disorders |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1511475/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT germantorres fromairtomindunravelingtheimpactofindoorpollutantsonpsychiatricdisorders AT ryiatsubbaiah fromairtomindunravelingtheimpactofindoorpollutantsonpsychiatricdisorders AT riyaasood fromairtomindunravelingtheimpactofindoorpollutantsonpsychiatricdisorders AT joergrleheste fromairtomindunravelingtheimpactofindoorpollutantsonpsychiatricdisorders |