The Myth of Imperial Apathy

Klassen, Peter J.

doi:10.1080/00220973.1941.11018632

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“…An apparent state of apathy as a result of eco-anxiety, which inhibits taking real actions, maintaining people in a state of limbo. It is not a lack of concern, on the contrary it reflects the dilemma of facing the enormous scale of the climatic and ecological challenges but being unable to do something meaningful to solve it, resulting in what appears as complacency and disengagement [26,85,91].…”

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confidence: 99%

Eco-emotions and Psychoterratic Syndromes: Reshaping Mental Health Assessment Under Climate Change

et al. 2023

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Human activities like greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, and deforestation are largely responsible for climate change and biodiversity loss. The climate is a complex system and scientists are striving to predict, prevent, and address the aforementioned issues in order to avoid reaching tipping points. The threat to humankind is not only physical (ie, heat waves, floods, droughts) but also psychological, especially for some groups. Insecurity, danger, chaos, and an unstable system due to climate change have both short-and long-term psychological effects. In this scenario, the need for new psychological categories is emerging, namely, eco-emotions and psychoterratic syndromes which include eco-anxiety, ecological grief, climate worry, and climate trauma. This paper focuses on these new categories, presenting a summary of each one, including definitions, hypotheses, questions, and testological evaluations, as a useful tool to be consulted by researchers and clinicians and to help them in the therapeutic work. Also, this paper endeavors to distinguish between a psychological stress resulting in a positive outcome, such as pro-environmental behavior, compared to a stress that leads to a psychopathology. Prevention and intervention strategies including social and community support are fundamental to help cope with and mitigate the effect of climate change on mental health. In conclusion, the climate crisis has led to an enormous increase in research on climate change and its consequences on mental health. Researchers and clinicians must be prepared to assess this complex phenomenon and provide help to those who cannot cope with anxiety and climatic mourning.

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Section: Eco-paralysismentioning

confidence: 99%