Climate anxiety. When it's good to be worried

O’Brien, Anthony; Elders, Anna

doi:10.1111/jpm.12817

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“…These are recognized risk factors for mental health impacts that have been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, and aggressive behavior (Charlson et al, 2021;Silveira et al, 2021). In addition, distress about climate change and its impact on the environment and human existence is often referred to as climate anxiety (Clayton, 2020;O'Brien & Elders, 2022) and can contribute to symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder including feelings of helplessness or disempowerment, rumination on negative thoughts, poor sleep, and lack of concentration (Soutar & Wand, 2022).…”

Section: Mental Health Impactsmentioning

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The Intersectionality of Climate Change and Post-Stroke Aphasia

Greenwald,

Laures-Gore,

Nogueira

2024

Semin Speech Lang

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Persons with communication disabilities including persons with post-stroke aphasia (PWAs) possess a vulnerability to climate change as a result of their communication impairments. The disproportionate effects of climate change are likely to exacerbate preexisting inequities in social determinants of health. Communication disability intersecting with other characteristics subject to discrimination (e.g., race, age, sex, income) may lead to inequities in climate-related adaptive capacity. This article echoes earlier concerns related to climate change and further educates healthcare professionals about the impact of climate change on the global human population, with particular consideration of PWAs. The aims of this article are the following: (1) to broaden the understanding of aphasiologists and clinicians caring for PWAs about climate change and the contributions of human activity (anthropogenic) to this crisis; (2) to describe climate change and its impact on health; (3) to detail the intersectionality of climate and health; (4) to explore climate change and its potential effects on PWAs; and (5) to offer hope through emissions reduction, adaptation, resilience, and immediate change.

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Section: Mental Health Impactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Intersectionality of Climate Change and Post-Stroke Aphasia

Greenwald,

Laures-Gore,

Nogueira

2024

Semin Speech Lang

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“…O'Brien., and A. Elders claim that anxiety related to climate change is accompanied by general symptoms of anxiety disorders, such as personal discomfort, fixation on the problem, sleep disturbances, physical manifestations, negative emotions and feelings of hopelessness [5]. E. Sundblad, A. Biel, T. Garling conducted a regression analysis and found that both cognitive risk assessments (probability of serious negative consequences) and emotional risk assessments (concern) were predicted by understanding the causes and consequences of climate change, in particular, its impact on health.…”

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Environmental anxiety and its impact on the mental health of the individual

Prisniakova,

Aharkov,

Agapova

et al. 2023

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In this study, “environmental anxiety” refers to a state of anxiety and tension that arises as a result of concern about the state of the environment and its impact on human health and safety. Psychological distress can be caused by various factors, such as stressful situations, genetic characteristics, neurochemical imbalances, psychological factors, traumatic events, chronic diseases, drug and alcohol use, as well as sociocultural influences. The main forms of environmental anxiety include: fear of environmental problems, disturbing thoughts, concern about possible health effects, hypersensitivity syndrome to environmental factors, anxiety in connection with environmental crises, social anxiety due to environmental aspects, anxiety due to news and media. These forms of anxiety can manifest in different symptoms and manifest at different levels of the personality: physical manifestations, psychological reactions, emotional manifestations, behavioral changes and physiological reactions. The possibility of developing environmental anxiety in the context of environmental issues can be explained by various psychological mechanisms, such as a perceptual filter, catastrophic thinking, a sense of security, social influence, a sense of loss of control and uncertainty, as well as psychosomatic reactions. The publication also provides various psychological approaches and methods aimed at reducing the level of environmental anxiety, such as psychological counseling, cognitive-behavioral therapy, meditation and mindfulness, exposure therapy, stress management, journaling, healthy lifestyle, outdoor recreation, positive perception and understanding of environmental aspects.

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“…CCA has been defined as 'a chronic fear of environmental doom' (Clayton et al, 2017), 'difficult feelings because of the ecological crisis' (Pihkala, 2020), and as 'apprehension and stress about anticipated threats to salient ecosystems' (Cunsolo et al, 2020). When CCA reaches high levels, it interferes with functioning and may engender mental health deterioration, including rumination, distress, hopelessness, somatic disturbance, sleep disturbance, and anxiety disorders (O'Brien & Elders, 2022). However, research examining latent mental health problems that can be triggered by CCA is still in its infancy.…”

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The relationship between climate change anxiety and psychotic experiences is mediated by death anxiety

Fekih-Romdhane,

Malaeb,

Postigo

et al. 2024

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: As climate change persists, accelerates, and intensifies, and since mitigating factors are absent, mental health impacts are expected to follow the same patterns. Therefore, it appears of utmost importance to deepen and broaden the knowledge and understanding of how and through which mechanisms climate change anxiety (CCA) may interplay with mental health outcomes. Based on the stress-vulnerability model of psychosis, the present study proposed to examine the relationship between CCA and psychotic experiences (PEs), and to test the theoretically-driven hypothesis that death anxiety acts as a mediator in this relationship. Method: This study adopted a cross-sectional approach involving a sample of young adults aged 18 to 35 years (mean age = 24.56 ± 22.49 years; 63.9% females) originating from, and residing in Lebanon. Results: The results of the mediation analysis showed that death anxiety partially mediated the association between CCA and PEs. Higher CCA was significantly associated with higher death anxiety; higher death anxiety was significantly associated with more PEs. Finally, higher CCA was directly and significantly associated with more PEs. Conclusion: Drawing from the present preliminary findings, the key tentative recommendation is that addressing death anxiety might alleviate the association between CCA and PEs. In addition, government decision-makers need to recognize the necessity of considering climate change implications on mental health in policy and decision-making.

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Climate anxiety. When it's good to be worried

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

The Intersectionality of Climate Change and Post-Stroke Aphasia

The Intersectionality of Climate Change and Post-Stroke Aphasia

Environmental anxiety and its impact on the mental health of the individual

The relationship between climate change anxiety and psychotic experiences is mediated by death anxiety

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