RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Climate Change Psychological Distress: An Underdiagnosed Cause of Mental Health Disturbances
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 11
OP 14
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230169R1
VO 37
IS 1
A1 de Jarnette, Jessica
YR 2024
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/1/11.abstract
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.