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ReviewThe Yale journal of biology and medicine2023

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

Paolo Cianconi, Batul Hanife, Francesco Grillo, Sophia Betro', Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Luigi Janiri

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Review in The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Paolo CianconiDepartment of Neurosciences, Section of Psychiatry, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Batul HanifeProvincial Agency for Health Services, Institute of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Mezzolombardo, Italy.
Francesco GrilloDepartment of History, Anthropology, Religions, Art History, Media and Performing Arts, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Sophia Betro'Institute of Psychopathology, Rome, Italy.
Cokorda Bagus Jaya LesmanaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia.
Luigi JaniriDepartment of Neurosciences, Section of Psychiatry, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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Climate ChangeMental HealthEmotionsHumansSyndromebiodiversity lossclimate changeclimate traumaeco-anxietyeco-emotionecological griefmental healthpro-environmental behaviorpsychoterratic syndrometipping point

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PMID37396973
PMCPMC10303262

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