ArticleAtmosphere2022
Climate Change and Mental Health: A Review of Empirical Evidence, Mechanisms and Implications.
Article in Atmosphere, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The psychosocial impact of climate change: an umbrella review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of climate change on mental health in vulnerable groups: a systematic review.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Climate Change and Mental Health Nexus in National Climate Policy-Gaps and Challenges.Annals of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Climate change and suicide epidemiology: a systematic review and meta-analysis of gender variations in global suicide rates.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Parent-Infant Relational Health in a Disaster-Affected Region: A Qualitative Examination of Lived Experience and Perceived Impact of a Brief, Online Support Program.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Uunderstanding the psychological impact of the climate crisis on individuals with depression: a phenomenological study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The consequences of migration and displacement for mental health: A qualitative study of river nomadic communities.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Environmental and household factors associated with depressive symptoms in rural Kilifi County, Kenya: a machine learning analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Cognitive and emotional mechanisms of psychological resilience in post-disaster contexts: the influence of risk perception, prior experience, and cognitive resilience in a processual explanatory model.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Article
- Ethics and action pathways for psychologists in a time of climate crisis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- COVID-19 pandemic as an effect modifier on the association between elevated temperatures and emergency department visits: A case-time-series study in a large population.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Association Between Climate Change Awareness and Depression & Anxiety: Findings from a U.S. Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2025Article
- Climate change, ambient air pollution, and students' mental health.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Climate Change Perception and Mental Health. Results from a Systematic Review of the Literature.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Review
- Promoting ecological hope as an antidote for eco-emotions and earth-related mental syndromes.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Leveraging biosocial methods to examine and address structural determinants of health and promote health equity.Nursing outlookArticle
- Beyond the storms: Exploring predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
- Development and validation of the climate change-related reproductive concerns scale (CCRCS).The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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Abstract
Anthropogenic climate change is an existential threat whose influences continue to increase in severity. It is pivotal to understand the implications of climate change and their effects on mental health. This integrative review aims to summarize the relevant evidence examining the harm climate change may have on mental health, suggest potential mechanisms and discuss implications. Empirical evidence has begun to indicate that negative mental health outcomes are a relevant and notable consequence of climate change. Specifically, these negative outcomes range from increased rates of psychiatric diagnoses such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder to higher measures of suicide, aggression and crime. Potential mechanisms are thought to include neuroinflammatory responses to stress, maladaptive serotonergic receptors and detrimental effects on one's own physical health, as well as the community wellbeing. While climate change and mental health are salient areas of research, the evidence examining an association is limited. Therefore, further work should be conducted to delineate exact pathways of action to explain the mediators and mechanisms of the interaction between climate change and mental health.
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