For mental health awareness week I thought it would be interesting to see if there are any links between climate change and mental health. To my surprise there were! So here is a short discussion on how climate change impacts us humans mentally. Stick around for part 2 :)
See these links below for more information on the case studies that I mention:
https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-018-0210-6
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/33/8746
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/31/suicides-of-nearly-60000-indian-farmers-linked-to-climate-change-study-claims
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-008-0374-5
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/12/birthstrikers-meet-the-women-who-refuse-to-have-children-until-climate-change-ends
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