Unequal effects of climate change and pre-existing inequalities on the mental health of global populations

Climate change is already having unequal effects on the mental health of individuals and communities and will increasingly compound pre-existing mental health inequalities globally. Psychiatrists have a vital part to play in improving both awareness and scientific understanding of structural mechani...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Shuo, Braithwaite, Isobel, Bhavsar, Vishal, Das-Munshi, Jayati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Special Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8499621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33759737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.26
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author Zhang, Shuo
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description Climate change is already having unequal effects on the mental health of individuals and communities and will increasingly compound pre-existing mental health inequalities globally. Psychiatrists have a vital part to play in improving both awareness and scientific understanding of structural mechanisms that perpetuate these inequalities, and in responding to global calls for action to promote climate justice and resilience, which are central foundations for good mental and physical health.
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spelling pubmed-84996212021-10-14 Unequal effects of climate change and pre-existing inequalities on the mental health of global populations Zhang, Shuo Braithwaite, Isobel Bhavsar, Vishal Das-Munshi, Jayati BJPsych Bull Special Article Climate change is already having unequal effects on the mental health of individuals and communities and will increasingly compound pre-existing mental health inequalities globally. Psychiatrists have a vital part to play in improving both awareness and scientific understanding of structural mechanisms that perpetuate these inequalities, and in responding to global calls for action to promote climate justice and resilience, which are central foundations for good mental and physical health. Cambridge University Press 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8499621/ /pubmed/33759737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.26 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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