The psychology of climate anxiety

This paper focuses on climate anxiety and its role in the psychology of climate change, compared with responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Four psychological hypotheses for why we do not act on climate change will be reviewed, and the role of anxiety for each, as well as potential solutions. D...

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Autor principal: Dodds, Joseph
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/PMC8499625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34006345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.18
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spelling pubmed-84996252021-10-14 The psychology of climate anxiety Dodds, Joseph BJPsych Bull Special Article This paper focuses on climate anxiety and its role in the psychology of climate change, compared with responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Four psychological hypotheses for why we do not act on climate change will be reviewed, and the role of anxiety for each, as well as potential solutions. Different types of climate anxiety both inside and outside the clinic will be explored, along with associated defence mechanisms and treatment. Cambridge University Press 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8499625/ /pubmed/34006345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.18 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the same Creative Commons licence is included and the original work is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use.
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