Climate Change's Toll on Mental Health

Davis C., Minarets Charter High (O'neals, CA) Econ/Gov 5

Climate change and natural disasters damage both physical and mental health.

Citations

Clayton, Susan, et al. BEYOND STORMS & DROUGHTS: The Psychological Impacts of Climate Change . American Psychological Association and EcoAmerica, 2014, pp. 1–51, BEYOND STORMS & DROUGHTS: The Psychological Impacts of Climate Change https://ecoamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/eA_Beyond_Storms_and_Droughts_Psych_Impacts_of_Climate_Change.pdf

Report on how climate change affects people psychologically.

Hsiang, S. M., et al. “Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict.” Science, vol. 341, no. 6151, 2013, doi:10.1126/science.1235367 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6151/1235367

How climate change and higher temperatures influence human conflict.

Willox, Ashlee Cunsolo, et al. “‘From This Place and of This Place:’ Climate Change, Sense of Place, and Health in Nunatsiavut, Canada.” Social Science & Medicine, vol. 75, no. 3, 2012, pp. 538–547., doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.043. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301724

How climate change can make people feel like they've lost their homes, specifically Inuit communities.

Yun, Katherine, et al. “Moving Mental Health into the Disaster-Preparedness Spotlight.” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 363, no. 13, 2010, pp. 1193–1195., doi:10.1056/nejmp1008304. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1008304

Natural disasters put a toll on mental health and communities to prepare for future natural disasters with that in mind.

Issues

Climate/Climate Change Mental Health

Location

O'NEALS, California

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