Climate Change and Mental Health: Implications for the Psychiatric Workforce

Alison R. Hwong; Emily A. Kuhl; Wilson M. Compton; Tami Benton; Adrienne Grzenda; Benjamin Doty; Laura Thompson; Nitin Gogtay; Diana Clarke; Jonathan Alpert

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.202100227

Climate Change and Mental Health: Implications for the Psychiatric Workforce

Alison R. Hwong, Emily A. Kuhl, Wilson M. Compton, Tami Benton, Adrienne Grzenda, Benjamin Doty, Laura Thompson, Nitin Gogtay, Diana Clarke, Jonathan Alpert

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

Climate change is a major global public mental health crisis that is expected to increase the need for mental health services. Psychiatrists and other mental health care providers must address workforce needs through recruitment, training and education, prevention and intervention, public policy and advocacy, and direct efforts to reduce climate change. This column discusses concrete steps for the psychiatric workforce to take to prepare for growing mental health needs associated with climate change.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	592-595
Number of pages	4
Journal	Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
Volume	73
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100227
State	Published - May 1 2022

Keywords

Environment
Planetary health
Prevention
Psychiatry
Public health
Workforce

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Psychiatry and Mental health

UN SDGs

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