PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - de Jarnette, Jessica
TI  - Climate Change Psychological Distress: An Underdiagnosed Cause of Mental Health Disturbances
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230169R1
DP  - 2024 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 11--14
VI  - 37
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/1/11.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/1/11.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2024 Jan 01; 37
AB  - The majority of climate change research and policy centers around the physical health effects of planetary degradation. The mental health impacts of climate change are just now starting to be elucidated and discussed more commonly among mental health providers and policymakers. There is a huge area of opportunity in primary care to discuss and address climate anxiety in patients, many of whom may not be forthcoming in discussing how climate anxiety is contributing to their mental health.