Kaiser Health News (7/18, Knight) reports mental health clinicians are now seeing an increasing number of people “with anxiety or depression related to climate change and the Earth’s future.” Even though “it is not an official clinical diagnosis, the psychiatric and psychological communities have names for the phenomenon: ‘climate distress,’ ‘climate grief,’ ‘climate anxiety’ or ‘eco-anxiety.’” A therapist interviewed for the piece “said the No. 1 action he recommends is sharing these concerns with others, whether a counselor, psychiatrist, family, friends or an activist group.” For some people, “personal action is a way to take control of a situation in which you feel powerless, said” psychiatrist Elizabeth Haase, MD, “at Carson Tahoe Health in Carson City, Nev.”
Related Links:
— “‘Climate Grief’: Fears About The Planet’s Future Weigh On Americans’ Mental Health, “Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News, July 18, 2019