- Researchers have explored the relationship between climate change and mental health in a major literature review.
- The authors found a significant amount of research demonstrating how climate change poses risks to mental health.
- However, they conclude that more research is needed to explore how to mitigate these risks.
A major literature review highlights the connections that researchers have found between climate change and mental health.
The review, which appears in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, demonstrates that climate change is a major risk to people’s mental health.
However, most research on this topic has focused on generating insight into the importance of these risks but not mitigating them.
The authors call for continued investigation in this growing field, with a particular emphasis on protecting people’s mental health from the threats posed by climate change.
Researchers have argued that human-influenced climate change poses an existential threat to civilization, with many associated ecological, social, political, economic, and health risks.
In terms of human health, there is a wealth of research exploring the adverse physical health effects of climate change.
However, there has been less investigation into the effects of climate change on mental health.
Speaking to Medical News Today, Prof. Tahseen Jafry, director of the Centre for Climate Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, said that this lack of research was particularly the case concerning people’s experience in low-income countries.
“Globally, there is very little research that pays attention to the mental health impacts of climate change, particularly in the poorest nations.”
“The lack of qualitative data regarding on-the-ground realities and lived experiences, particularly from the poorest countries in the world, makes this one of the most prolific and least understood areas of study,” said Prof. Jafry
Source: Medical News Today
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