Climate Change Increasingly Linked With Mental Health Risks
Latest news in Health: Scientists urge governments to take mental health implications of climate change more seriously, including the provision of mental health resources and proactive crisis planning.
Experts say anxiety and depression may disproportionately affect those most vulnerable to the physical effects of climate change. Researchers are urging governments to prepare for the potentially devastating mental health impacts of climate change ahead of this month's COP27 climate summit. A new meta-analysis published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that the psychological impacts of a warming world cannot be ignored.
