The Interplay Between Environmental Exposures and Mental Health Outcomes - A Workshop | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

There is growing evidence that the environment can play an important role in mental health—yet research into the effects of environmental stressors rarely focuses on behavioral and mental health outcomes. This virtual workshop will bring together experts in mental health and environmental health research to explore emerging research on the relationship, harmful or beneficial, between environmental factors and mental health.

Join us as we explore ways to better integrate mental and behavioral health into multidisciplinary considerations of environmental health, and consider how mental and behavioral health impacts could become part of environmental risk assessments and public health decisions.

Workshop presentations and discussions will focus on topics such as:

New diagnostic tools and methodologies in neurobehavioral research frameworks to assess mental health effects.

Vulnerable populations, such as marginalized communities, adolescents, first-responders, and veterans.

Identifying public health actions that could help reduce the mental health impacts of environmental stressors.

Watch the video here.