A meta-analysis on the relationship between climate anxiety and wellbeing

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 94, С. 102230 - 102230

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Climate Change Perception and Mental Health. Results from a Systematic Review of the Literature

European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1), С. 215 - 229

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2024

Climate change is one of the main global challenges and influences various aspects human health. Numerous studies have indeed demonstrated an association between extreme climate-related events physical mental health outcomes, but little still known about perception/awareness climate In accordance with PRISMA 2020 guidelines, a search was conducted on PubMed Scopus. The protocol registered PROSPERO. included were original observational published in English, reporting A total 3018 articles identified. 10 included. period covered ranged 2012 2022. perception consistently associated adverse effects across different types estimates. particular, identified higher level depression, anxiety, eco-anxiety, stress, adjustment disorder, substance use, dysphoria, even thoughts suicide. Qualitative data underscore impact daily activities, contributing to feelings loss suicidal ideation. Moreover, correlates lower well-being resilience. awareness complex poorly explored phenomenon. limitations are high heterogeneity terms exposure assessment reporting, which hinders quantitative analysis. These results show that impacts Better understanding phenomenon represents opportunity inform public interventions promote well-being.

Язык: Английский

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The youth mental health crisis: analysis and solutions

Frontiers in Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15

Опубликована: Янв. 21, 2025

Background Since the mid-20th century, mental illness has become a leading cause of health burden, particularly among adolescents and emerging adults, with most disorders before age 25. Over past two decades, ill surged to alarming levels, evidence confirming that increase is not just due better awareness or diagnosis but reflects genuine public crisis. Study design/method We explore evolving landscape youth its contributing factors, including family dynamics, educational pressures, climate change, social media, socio-economic challenges, potentially linked neoliberal policies. A narrative review methodology was employed analyze these factors their role in trends ill-health young people. results document since mid-1990s, focusing on substance use people current needs. Potential new explanatory megatrends, flowing from paradigm shift global political economy which largely passed under radar, yet produced fragmentation inequality, are identified, COVID-19 pandemic further intensifying trends. discuss methodologies estimate contribution megatrends outline potential barriers implementation, along strategies overcome them. Conclusion This calls for comprehensive action plan, emphasizing prevention, early intervention, improved treatment strategies. In addition strengthening may take time be elusive, immediate needed innovate expand services, currently under-resourced overwhelmed.

Язык: Английский

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Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change Among Vulnerable Populations Globally: An Integrative Review

Annals of Global Health, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 89(1), С. 66 - 66

Опубликована: Окт. 6, 2023

Background: Climate change has been shown to be directly linked multiple physiological sequelae and impact health consequences. However, the of climate on mental globally, particularly among vulnerable populations, is less well understood. Objective: To explore impacts in populations globally. Methods: We performed an integrative literature review identify published articles that addressed research question: What are globally? The Vulnerable Populations Conceptual Model served as a theoretical model during process data synthesis. Findings/Results: One hundred four were selected for inclusion this after comprehensive 1828 manuscripts. Articles diverse scope addressed. Land-vulnerable persons (either due occupation or geographic location), Indigenous persons, children, older adults, migrants whose was most impacted by change. prevalent responses included solastalgia, suicidality, depression, anxiety/eco-anxiety, PTSD, substance use, insomnia, behavioral disturbance. Conclusions: Mental professionals including physicians, nurses, physician assistants other healthcare providers have opportunity mitigate through assessment, preventative education care. An inclusive trauma-informed response climate-related disasters, use validated measures health, long-term therapeutic relationship extends beyond immediate consequences change-related events approaches successful care climate-changing world.

Язык: Английский

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Eco-emotions and Psychoterratic Syndromes: Reshaping Mental Health Assessment Under Climate Change

The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 96(2), С. 211 - 226

Опубликована: Июнь 30, 2023

Human activities like greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, and deforestation are largely responsible for climate change biodiversity loss. The is a complex system scientists striving to predict, prevent, address the aforementioned issues in order avoid reaching tipping points. threat humankind not only physical (ie, heat waves, floods, droughts) but also psychological, especially some groups. Insecurity, danger, chaos, an unstable due have both short- long-term psychological effects. In this scenario, need new categories emerging, namely, eco-emotions psychoterratic syndromes which include eco-anxiety, ecological grief, worry, trauma. This paper focuses on these categories, presenting summary of each one, including definitions, hypotheses, questions, testological evaluations, as useful tool be consulted by researchers clinicians help them therapeutic work. Also, endeavors distinguish between stress resulting positive outcome, such pro-environmental behavior, compared that leads psychopathology. Prevention intervention strategies social community support fundamental cope with mitigate effect mental health. conclusion, crisis has led enormous increase research its consequences Researchers must prepared assess phenomenon provide those who cannot anxiety climatic mourning.

Язык: Английский

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Synthesising psychometric evidence for the Climate Anxiety Scale and Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 88, С. 102003 - 102003

Опубликована: Март 30, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Climate Distress: A Review of Current Psychological Research and Practice

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(10), С. 8115 - 8115

Опубликована: Май 16, 2023

Environmental disasters will increase in frequency and severity due to disruptions Earth systems, including increased global mean temperatures, caused by human activity, consequently our health care system be burdened ever-increasing rates of illness, mental physical. Psychologists need respond this pressure ensuring they have the training, education interventions climate-related distress, as well realising limits therapeutic approach. Climate psychology, a recent field study integrating advancing core expertise around climate has become more prominent with increasing urgency change emerging documentation its impacts on wellbeing. The purpose scoping review is survey research being undertaken identify gaps existing literature view shaping practice informing future research. Younger people, notably, are experiencing distress disproportionately bear larger share burden change, yet their voices underrepresented theoretical practical interventions. Enlisting young people collaborators co-designers facilitate effective responses psychological aspects crisis.

Язык: Английский

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Climate change, environmental extremes, and human health in Australia: challenges, adaptation strategies, and policy gaps

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 40, С. 100936 - 100936

Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2023

Climate change presents a major public health concern in Australia, marked by unprecedented wildfires, heatwaves, floods, droughts, and the spread of climate-sensitive infectious diseases. Despite these challenges, Australia's response to climate crisis has been inadequate subject politics, sentiment, global developments. This study illustrates spatiotemporal patterns selected climate-related environmental extremes (heatwaves, droughts) across Australia during past two decades, summarizes adaptation measures actions that have taken national, state/territory, local governments. Our findings reveal significant impacts on well-being Australians. While governments implemented various strategies, plans must be further developed yield concrete actions. Moreover, Indigenous Australians should not left out efforts. A collaborative, comprehensive approach involving all levels government is urgently needed prevent, mitigate, adapt change.

Язык: Английский

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Generation Z Worries, Suffers and Acts against Climate Crisis—The Potential of Sensing Children’s and Young People’s Eco-Anxiety: A Critical Analysis Based on an Integrative Review

Climate, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11(8), С. 171 - 171

Опубликована: Авг. 14, 2023

The adverse and severe impacts of climate-induced natural hazards, which are expected to be aggravated by climate change, forming a wider outline the environmental crisis, being source negative emotions for human societies. Children young people, in particular, one most vulnerable social groups this distress. In research, we intend analyze eco-anxiety anxiety aspects Generation Z, based on critical review studies children’s people’s ecological feelings worldwide, alongside study actual data disasters per country since year 2000. results research revealed that (a) Z worries Global North suffers South, (b) acts against (c) there is an existential dimension eco-anxiety. also highlights dimensions under-researched important explore future. Empathizing with Z’s emotional state relation crisis change may affect highlight new directions thought awareness.

Язык: Английский

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Eco-anxiety and climate-anxiety linked to indirect exposure: A scoping review of empirical research

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 96, С. 102326 - 102326

Опубликована: Май 17, 2024

Psychological responses to knowledge about the risks of climate change and other global environmental problems (referred as anxiety or eco-anxiety) are distinct from psychological impacts direct exposure increased physical vulnerability phenomena. Previous scoping reviews have either focused on both indirect together a particular target population. We conducted review literature identify body published studies in this area, which methodologies informing field, what populations being studied, well interventions developed. searched four databases (Web Science, PsycInfo, MEDLINE, Engineering village) grey for English language between 2000-August 2023, identified 90 articles meeting our search criteria. The majority (80%) were since 2020, primarily Europe, North America, Australasia. More than half quantitative most these development measurement tools (12 types). Climate Change Anxiety Scale Hogg Eco-anxiety scale measures with validation studies. Risk factors repeatedly examined age, gender, ethnicity, anxiety, depression, pro-environmental behaviours. Qualitative (n=13) mixed methods (n=7) less common such activists, scientists, children parents, young adults, self-identifying climate-sensitive individuals. Intervention varied nature, predominantly group-based evaluated qualitatively single armed studies, only one study using comparison group. is rapidly expanding research topic there increasing outside WEIRD nations. progress made developing validated relatively new phenomenon could be complemented by more qualitative approaches. Interventions implemented, but its infancy. There an urgency not learn how respond those debilitating distress also understand harness emotional towards positive action related concerns.

Язык: Английский

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