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title: "Psych News Alert: Can Nation's Weather Impact Americans' Mental Health?"
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 4/29/11 12:00 AM

# Can Nation's Weather Impact Americans' Mental Health?

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Dramatic weather has been making the news for months now, and most recently tornadoes and other turbulent weather have hit a number of states, killing over 300. Whether such weather is due to climate warming or not, there is reason to think that it may be having an adverse impact on the mental health of Americans. For more information on this topic, go to *Psychiatric News* at [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/5/17.1.full](http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/5/17.1.full)

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