Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change Among Vulnerable Populations Globally: An Integrative Review

Bradley Patrick White; Suellen Breakey; Margaret J. Brown; Jenny Rand Smith; Amanda Tarbet; Patrice K. Nicholas; Ana M. Viamonte Ros

doi:10.5334/aogh.4105

Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change Among Vulnerable Populations Globally: An Integrative Review

Volume 89 (2023): Issue 1

By: Bradley Patrick White, Suellen Breakey, Margaret J. Brown, Jenny Rand Smith, Amanda Tarbet, Patrice K. Nicholas and Ana M. Viamonte Ros

Open Access

|Oct 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4105 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996

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Language: English

Submitted on: Mar 9, 2023

Accepted on: Aug 25, 2023

Published on: Oct 6, 2023

Published by: Ubiquity Press

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Keywords:

mental health,

climate change and health,

anxiety,

post-traumatic stress disorder,

solastalgia,

ecoanxiety

© 2023 Bradley Patrick White, Suellen Breakey, Margaret J. Brown, Jenny Rand Smith, Amanda Tarbet, Patrice K. Nicholas, Ana M. Viamonte Ros, published by Ubiquity Press
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