Scoping review of climate change and mental health in Germany - Direct and indirect impacts, vulnerable groups, resilience factors.
CLIMATE CHANGE
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL WELL-BEING
RESILIENCE
STRUCTURAL PREVENTION
Journal
Journal of health monitoring
ISSN: 2511-2708
Titre abrégé: J Health Monit
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101757730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
received:
31
12
2022
accepted:
27
03
2023
medline:
6
10
2023
pubmed:
6
10
2023
entrez:
6
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Climate change is a major threat to human health and has direct and indirect impacts on the human psyche. To assess the state of knowledge on the impact of climate change on mental health in Germany, a scoping review was conducted for the focus topics extreme weather events, temperature increase, intra-psychological processing, sociological aspects, and resilience factors. Ten studies met the inclusion criteria of the searches in the databases Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, PubPsych, PubMed, and PsychInfo. The majority of the studies looked at correlative relationships in a cross-sectional design. There are indications of an accumulation of psychiatric disorders after extreme weather events; in addition, the risk of suicide increases with higher temperatures and it appears there is an increase in aggressive behaviour. The majority of people surveyed in Germany report concerns about the consequences of climate change, although these currently rarely lead to clinically significant impairments in mental health. Overall, the evidence for Germany must be classified as insufficient. In addition to the absolute priority of climate protection (mitigation) by reducing emissions, there is a particular need for additional research with a focus on vulnerable groups and possibilities for prevention and adaptation.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Climate change is a major threat to human health and has direct and indirect impacts on the human psyche.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
To assess the state of knowledge on the impact of climate change on mental health in Germany, a scoping review was conducted for the focus topics extreme weather events, temperature increase, intra-psychological processing, sociological aspects, and resilience factors. Ten studies met the inclusion criteria of the searches in the databases Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, PubPsych, PubMed, and PsychInfo. The majority of the studies looked at correlative relationships in a cross-sectional design.
Results
UNASSIGNED
There are indications of an accumulation of psychiatric disorders after extreme weather events; in addition, the risk of suicide increases with higher temperatures and it appears there is an increase in aggressive behaviour. The majority of people surveyed in Germany report concerns about the consequences of climate change, although these currently rarely lead to clinically significant impairments in mental health.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
Overall, the evidence for Germany must be classified as insufficient. In addition to the absolute priority of climate protection (mitigation) by reducing emissions, there is a particular need for additional research with a focus on vulnerable groups and possibilities for prevention and adaptation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37799536
doi: 10.25646/11656
pmc: PMC10548489
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
122-149Informations de copyright
© Robert Koch Institute. All rights reserved unless explicitly granted.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
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