Temperature and place associations with Inuit mental health in the context of climate change

This study examines associations between air temperature variables and mental health-related community clinic visits across Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada, finding that longer periods of warm temperatures significantly increased mental health clinic visits. Temperature-mental health associations aligned with community participation in land-based activities, and the strength of associations varied by place - suggesting that geography and local context modify how climate change affects mental health. The authors argue that place-based approaches are essential to health policy, planning, adaptation and research responding to climate change in the Circumpolar North.