Climate Change, Climate Disaster, and Mental Health
Climate change and mental health are connected, and we need to be prepared to respond.
Dr. Steve Sugden submitted a very interesting article on the growing profound mental health effects of climate disaster across our country and the world. The link for the article is here. It is well worth a read and serious consideration. As climate change gets worse, so will our mental illness pandemic. We have to be ready and we must be active on two fronts. We have to prepare to provide effective therapeutic care for those who are afflicted, and we also have to be active in preventing the worst changes of climate change by supporting global efforts to combat it.
Climate change has been associated with increases in anxiety.
Other relevant links and resources include:
The Ministry for the Future: Climate Change and the Human Psyche