NEW DELHI: Children exposed to air pollution could be at higher risk of experiencing mental health problems, including depression and psychosis, as youths, a new research has found.
The study examined the long-term effects of children being exposed to air and noise pollution while in mother’s womb, early childhood and teenage.
The effects on three common mental health problems were analysed — anxiety, depression and psychosis, a mental state in which an individual loses touch with reality and can experience hallucinations.
