Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century DOI
Dean T. Jamison,

Lawrence H. Summers,

Angela Y. Chang

et al.

The Lancet, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 404(10462), P. 1561 - 1614

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

Mental health and climate change in Africa DOI Creative Commons
Lukoye Atwoli, Joy Muhia,

Zul Merali

et al.

BJPsych International, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(4), P. 86 - 89

Published: June 17, 2022

It is now widely acknowledged that low- and middle-income countries in Africa are among global hotspots for high vulnerability to climate change, despite making comparatively low contributions this phenomenon. Climate change has been shown affect mental health as a result of disruption social economic structures populations depend on good health, including health. After decades neglect, recent efforts by governments such Kenya address the twin issues demonstrate growing importance these issues. Here we briefly review evidence impacts there need more contextual awareness research area mitigate or forestall potential crises near future. We recommend systematic support funding interventions at nexus between Africa, urge institutions begin paying attention emerging threat African populations.

Language: Английский

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222

A social–ecological perspective on climate anxiety in children and adolescents DOI
Tara Crandon, James G. Scott, Fiona J Charlson

et al.

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 123 - 131

Published: Jan. 13, 2022

Language: Английский

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195

The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, and its Implications DOI Creative Commons
Emma Lawrance, Rhiannon Thompson, Jessica Newberry Le Vay

et al.

International Review of Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(5), P. 443 - 498

Published: July 4, 2022

Converging global evidence highlights the dire consequences of climate change for human mental health and wellbeing. This paper summarises literature across relevant disciplines to provide a comprehensive narrative review multiple pathways through which interacts with Climate acts as risk amplifier by disrupting conditions known support good health, including socioeconomic, cultural environmental conditions, living working conditions. The disruptive influence rising temperatures extreme weather events, such experiencing heatwave or water insecurity, compounds existing stressors experienced individuals communities. has deleterious effects on people's is particularly acute those groups already disadvantaged within countries. Awareness experiences escalating threats inaction can generate understandable psychological distress; though strong emotional responses also motivate action. We highlight opportunities communities cope act change. Consideration interconnected impacts their determinants must inform evidence-based interventions. Appropriate action that centres justice reduce current future burden, while simultaneously improving nurture wellbeing equality. presented adds further weight need decisive decision makers all scales.

Language: Английский

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182

Climate change, mental health, and reproductive decision-making: A systematic review DOI Creative Commons
Hope Dillarstone, Laura J. Brown, Elaine C. Flores

et al.

PLOS Climate, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(11), P. e0000236 - e0000236

Published: Nov. 9, 2023

The impact of climate change on reproductive decision-making is becoming a significant issue, with anecdotal evidence indicating growing number people factoring their concerns about into childbearing plans. Although empirical research has explored and its relationship to mental health, as well the motivations behind independently, gap in literature remains that bridges these topics at nexus. This review endeavours fill this by synthesising available connecting change-related exploring reasons relationship. A systematic using six databases was conducted identify relevant literature. Included studies reported quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods data related to: (1) change, (2) health wellbeing concerns, (3) decision-making. Findings were synthesised narratively parallel-results convergent synthesis design quality appraised three validated assessment tools. Four hundred forty-six documents screened pre-defined inclusion criteria, resulting thirteen studies. between 2012 2022 primarily Global North countries (e.g., USA, Canada, New Zealand, European countries). Climate typically associated less positive attitudes towards reproduction desire and/or intent for fewer children or none all. themes explaining identified: uncertainty future an unborn child, environmentalist views centred overpopulation overconsumption, meeting family subsistence needs, environmental political sentiments. current reveals complex decision-making, grounded ethical, environmental, livelihood, considerations. Further required better understand address issue intercultural approach, particularly among many highly affected South populations, ensure comparability generalisable results.

Language: Английский

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122

Climate Change and Children’s Mental Health: A Developmental Perspective DOI Creative Commons
Francis Vergunst, Helen Berry

Clinical Psychological Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 10(4), P. 767 - 785

Published: Sept. 14, 2021

Climate change is a major global public-health challenge that will have wide-ranging impacts on human psychological health and well-being. Children adolescents are at particular risk because of their rapidly developing brain, vulnerability to disease, limited capacity avoid or adapt threats impacts. They also more likely worry about climate than any other age group. Drawing developmental life-course perspective, we show climate-change-related can additively, interactively, cumulatively increase psychopathology from conception onward; these effects already occurring; they constitute an important threat healthy development worldwide. We then argue monitoring, measuring, mitigating risks matter social justice crucial long-term investment in mental sciences. conclude with discussion conceptual measurement challenges outline research priorities going forward.

Language: Английский

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109

Climate change and global health: A call to more research and more action DOI
Ioana Agache, Vanitha Sampath, Juan Aguilera

et al.

Allergy, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 77(5), P. 1389 - 1407

Published: Jan. 24, 2022

There is increasing understanding, globally, that climate change and increased pollution will have a profound mostly harmful effect on human health. This review brings together international experts to describe both the direct (such as heat waves) indirect vector-borne disease incidence) health impacts of change. These vary depending vulnerability (i.e., existing diseases) international, economic, political, environmental context. unique also expands these issues address third category potential longer-term global health: famine, population dislocation, justice education. scholarly resource explores fully, linking them in urban rural settings developed developing countries. The finishes with practical discussion action professionals around world our field can yet take.

Language: Английский

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103

Global Mental Health: Where We Are and Where We Are Going DOI Creative Commons
Modhurima Moitra, Shanise Owens, Maji Hailemariam

et al.

Current Psychiatry Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 25(7), P. 301 - 311

Published: May 31, 2023

To summarize recent findings in global mental health along several domains including socioeconomic determinants, inequities, funding, and inclusion research practice.

Language: Английский

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On climate anxiety and the threat it may pose to daily life functioning and adaptation: a study among European and African French-speaking participants DOI Open Access
Alexandre Heeren, Camille Mouguiama-Daouda, Alba Contreras

et al.

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 173(1-2)

Published: July 1, 2022

Language: Английский

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Hope, Coping and Eco-Anxiety: Young People’s Mental Health in a Climate-Impacted Australia DOI Open Access
Hasini Gunasiri, Yifan Wang,

Ella-Mae Watkins

et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(9), P. 5528 - 5528

Published: May 2, 2022

(1) Background: In Australia, young people are one of the most vulnerable populations to mental health impacts climate change. The aim this article was explore promotion issues related change for in Australia. (2) Methods: An exploratory mixed-method approach, co-led by people, used engage living Australia aged 18–24 years semi-structured interviews (N = 14) and an online survey 46). Data were analysed thematically with descriptive statistics. (3) Results: Findings indicated that negative included worry, eco-anxiety, stress, hopelessness/powerlessness feelings not having a voice. Several mediating factors, particular social media engagement, highlighted duality people’s health. Positive action feeling optimistic control. (4) Conclusions: This study contributes emerging field public research on climate-impacted Climate is significant concern it can negatively affect their findings inform design interventions raise awareness change-related among promote participation nature-based interventions, empowering engagement.

Language: Английский

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72

Transforming mental health systems globally: principles and policy recommendations DOI
Vikram Patel, Shekhar Saxena, Crick Lund

et al.

The Lancet, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 402(10402), P. 656 - 666

Published: Aug. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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