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Climate Change and Mental Health

The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies

Abstract

Climate change affects people’s lives in a variety of ways, including psychological well-being, which is the mix of social and psychological conditions that contribute to human welfare. Climate changes can result in physical stress to socioemotional challenges, which affect this well-being. Physical challenges may arise as heat waves sweep across populations, causing discomfort and anxiety as people are unable to adapt. Socioemotional effects may surface as stress, anxiety, and depression as people suffer from environmental changes that are out of their control. Mental health is an aspect of health that needs to be better understood when it comes to climate change, as millions of people are likely to suffer from the consequences related to it. This is yet again another outcome related to climate change; this chapter seeks to comprehensively gather and understand how mental health and well-being will be affected by climate change and how best to support these changes in affected populations.

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Clark, T., Zolnikov, T.R. (2020). Climate Change and Mental Health. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_2-1

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    Climate Change and Mental Health
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_2-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_2-1

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