Journal of Climatology & Weather Forecasting

ISSN - 2332-2594

James Wilson

Editorial Office, Journal of Climatology & Weather Forecasting, London, United Kingdom

Publications

  • Mini Review   
    Climate Change's Impact on Mental Health
    Author(s): James Wilson

    Climate change is one of our generation's most important concerns. Climate change's effects on vulnerable biological subjects and societies are a source of concern for the entire scientific community. Rising temperatures, heat waves, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, fires, forest loss, and glacier melting, as well as the disappearance of rivers and desertification, can all induce physical and mental disorders in humans. Psychiatric studies on mental problems linked to climate change, on the other hand, are clearly lacking. Climate change can have direct or indirect effects, as well as shortterm and long-term consequences. Acute events can trigger traumatic stress-like mechanisms, resulting in well-understood psychopathological patterns. Furthermore, the effects of extreme or prolonged weather-related events might be delayed, .. View More»
    DOI: 10.35248/2332-2594.2022.10(3).337

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