The climate crisis is a mental health crisis.
Mental health medication in the climate crisis Climate change affects how medication works Sixty-five million Americans (one in five) take mental health medications, and the number is rising. The most common medications that doctors prescribe for their patients are for…
Parents and climate mental health Parents and their mental health Parents are a primary source of emotional resilience for their children. As climate impacts increase, and the mental health impacts of the climate crisis in youth escalate, understanding the close…
Performance art Harnessing performance art for empowering youth voices and navigating climate emotions What is performance art? Performance art is a creative and expressive form of live art, which involves artists and other individuals using their bodies, actions, and narratives.…
Post-traumatic growth What is post-traumatic growth? Lawrence Calhoun and Richard G. Tedeschi, now professors of psychology emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, coined the term “post-traumatic growth” in 1995 to describe the phenomenon of people experiencing positive…
Public Health Approach to Climate Mental Health What is public health? Public health is a discipline that is concerned with preventing illness and promoting health in society via a range of activities or services that reach groups or populations. It…
Reproductive decisions How is climate change influencing people’s decisions to have children? With environmental issues on the rise – heatwaves, wildfires, drought, crop failures, water and air pollution illnesses, and more – a growing number of people are asking themselves,…
Sea Level Rise and Mental Health (Florida) Sea level rise in Florida The climate crisis is causing sea level to rise worldwide. Melting glaciers and thermal expansion (water expanding when it warms) are the two major causes of sea level…
Solastalgia What is solastalgia? When you feel homesick for a home you never left, that’s solastalgia. Solastalgia is when you feel as if the comfort, or solace, you get from feeling at home in a place has been taken from…
suicide risk in the climate crisis The relationship between the climate crisis and suicide There are many complex reasons for suicide, but research shows that climate change can be linked to rising suicide rates, making it an issue of global…
Young children and climate mental health Climate change’s impact on young children In children who are zero to five years old, mental health is defined as the growing ability to form close relationships, manage feelings, explore, and learn. Climate change…