It is increasingly necessary to quantify the impacts of climate change on populations, and to quantify the effectiveness of mitigation and adaptation strategies. Despite growing interest in the health effects of climate change, the relationship between mental health and climate change has received little...
CLIMATE change mitigationPSYCHOLOGICAL distressCOLLECTIVE actionThe mental health impacts of climate change are increasingly documented; however, less research has investigated the relationship between climate change-related psychological distress and engagement with the issue. The results from two national ...
Egypt, was how the consequences of climate change may be mitigated. To date, the discussion has been focused on the environment, living conditions, and people's physical health. However, the effects on the mind are no less dramatic, emphasizes the German Association for Psychiatry,...
Climate change and mental health concerns are both defining issues of the generation of today. It has been established that the worsening climate causes many environmental disasters and physical health problems. However, its psychological impacts are still not well understood. Climate change has brought...
Climate change is increasingly recognized as one of the greatest threats to health of the 21st century, with consequences that mental health professionals are also likely to face. While physical health impacts have been increasingly emphasized in literature and practice, recent scholarly literature ...
This article provides an overview of the current and projected climate change risks and impacts to mental health and provides recommendations for priority actions to address the mental health consequences of climate change. The authors argue the followin
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Age group that is most concerned that climate change is a serious problem as of 2018 Climate change and health Percentage of U.S. physicians who felt their patients' mental health was affected by climate change as of 2015 Number of injuries caused by extreme heat in the U.S. Tackling...
JAMA Health Forum. Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Chris Zielinski receives consulting fees from the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change. Paul Yonga receives honoraria from Novartis, bioMerieux, and Pfizer, advisory board fees from Pfizer, and fees for serving on a DSMB from the US National ...
The health impacts of climate change are being increasingly recognized, but mental health is often excluded from this discussion. In this issue we feature a collection of articles on climate change and mental health that highlight important directions fo