Climate anxiety: Psychological responses to climate change.
Activism
Anxiety
Climate change
Coping
Health
Wellbeing
Journal
Journal of anxiety disorders
ISSN: 1873-7897
Titre abrégé: J Anxiety Disord
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8710131
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
received:
06
03
2020
revised:
11
06
2020
accepted:
11
06
2020
pubmed:
6
7
2020
medline:
17
3
2021
entrez:
6
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Climate change will affect psychological wellbeing. Substantial research has documented harmful impacts on physical health, mental health, and social relations from exposure to extreme weather events that are associated with climate change. Recently, attention has turned to the possible effects of climate change on mental health through emotional responses such as increased anxiety. This paper discusses the nature of climate anxiety and some evidence for its existence, and speculates about ways to address it. Although climate anxiety appears to be a real phenomenon that deserves clinical attention, it is important to distinguish between adaptive and maladaptive levels of anxiety. A focus on individual mental health should not distract attention from the societal response that is necessary to address climate change.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32623280
pii: S0887-6185(20)30077-3
doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102263
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102263Commentaires et corrections
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Informations de copyright
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