Places mental health equity and social justice lens on understandings of climate change adaptation/mitigation strategiesSpecific focus on differential impacts on mental health in low resource settings in the USOutlines some of the differential impacts in LMICS...
mental health impacts of climate change should be raised,especially in the high-risk groups.Social and global attention to the climate crisis and its detrimental effects on mental health are crucial.This paper was written with the aim of trying to understand the currently,scientifically proven ...
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 ...
Depression,anxiety, andangerare only a few of the devastating mental health effects ofclimate change.Eco-anxietyis a newly coined term used to capture the feelings ofstressand worry many people carry as a result of the environmental crisis. Researchers have found six components that uniquely ch...
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
(Federal Health Gazette) that climate change does not just cause physical harm, but also can impose a mental burden. Even tackling the topic of climate change, which is perceived as a threat similar to terrorism and nuclear war, triggers anxiety, distress, anddepression, especially in young ...
Raging wildfires, droughts, floods and record-breaking heat brought on by climate change are taking a toll on kids' already fragile mental health.
“Given that human mental health is a state of being that is both affected by and affects the world in which we live, the link between mental health (what we think, feel, believe and ultimately do) and climate change is critical if we are to achieve positive change. Currently western way...
During heat waves, hospital admissions for mental health spike. The past 10 years were the hottest on record, and as we prepare for another scorcher of a summer, it's time to take steps to increase our preparedness for extreme heat.
The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterized by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heat waves and floods.1These are all linked to physical and mental health problems,...