Climate Change and Mental Health

This video dives into a relatively new and growing mental health crisis of Eco-Anxiety. Eco-Anxiety arising from worsening climate change conditions and how bleak might the future be for the younger generations. We will explore direct, indirect, and long-term impacts of climate change on human health, popular terms associated with eco-anxiety, who will be more vulnerable to eco-anxiety. It will also discuss looking into Canada, how indegenous people will be affected disproportionately more and how eco-anxiety is fuelling climate change activists such as Jukipa Kotierk.

Here are a few useful online resources to learn more about Eco-Anxiety:

This video was made by McMaster students Chethana Ellewela, Nidal Jammal, Ravni Bomrah, and Yashasvi Yadav in collaboration with the McMaster Demystifying Medicine Program.


This video is provided for general and educational information only. Please consult your health care provider for Information about your health.

Copyright McMaster University 2022.

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References:

Cianconi, P., Betrò, S., & Janiri, L. (2020). The impact of climate change on mental health: a systematic descriptive review. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, 74. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00074

[MSYNGWIE]

Fascinating- as a person who stresses over almost EVERYTHING, I've never considered this- I feel guilty because I can't help victims of "natural" disasters and get upset over the loss of 4 distinct seasons- I love winter, snow, snow, snow! I was born in a place where frost occurred in Sept and Halloween was cold or might be white; summers were glorious, 80 degrees F. No humidity, no miserable air conditioning which I find as I age affects not just arthritis but mood too as does humidity-

[Jane_lotus]

If your so nervous then do something about it, make a change instead of sitting there doing nothing and break the cycle.