ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2021
Climate Change and Mental Health.
Review in Current environmental health reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions for mental health in extreme weather events.BMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review on the impact of climate change on occupational mental health: a focus on vulnerable industries.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- West Nile Virus Infection in Occupational Settings-A Systematic Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Artificial light at night and risk of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Greencoin as an AI-Based Solution Shaping Climate Awareness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The role of climate change education on awareness, anxiety, and hope among pregnant women: a randomized controlled study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Trial
- Impact of climate on mental health among university students: a population-based study across 43 cities in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Disentangling Climate Worry and Psychological Distress: Data From the UK Household Longitudinal Study.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2026Article
- Somatosensory Amplification and Psychopathological Symptoms: The Mediating Roles of Meteoropathy and Meteosensitivity.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Climate change worry, awareness and general anxiety in medical students: a multicentre cross-sectional study with implications for medical curricula.BMC medical education · 2026Article
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- Climate Change and Mental Health in Africa: A Scoping Review.Annals of global health · 2026Article
- Exploring perceived relationships between weather, climate and mental health: biometeorological perspectives of healthcare practitioners.International journal of biometeorology · 2025Article
- Air pollution and depression symptoms in middle-aged and older adults in Los Angeles County.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Article
- Climate Anxiety in Perspective: A Look at Dominant Stressors in Youth Mental Health and Sleep.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Association Between Climate Change Awareness and Depression & Anxiety: Findings from a U.S. Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Intersection Between Eco-Anxiety and Lexical Labels: A Study on Mental Health in Spanish-Language Digital Media.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluating short-term air pollution-related mental health resilience using a directional network.BMC public health · 2025Article
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis essay reviews evidence for the current and potential effects of climate change on mental health. RECENT
findingsA growing body of research demonstrates not only that the extreme weather events associated with a changing climate can impair mental health, in particular leading to increases in depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, but also that more gradual changes in climatic conditions, such as rising temperatures and reduced air quality, are also harmful to mental health. In addition, there is increasing evidence that a significant proportion of people might be experiencing a harmful level of anxiety associated with their perception of climate change. Mental health impacts of climate change have the potential to affect a significant proportion of the population. More research is needed to document the extent of these impacts as well as the best options for mitigating and treating them.
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