Climate anxiety: Psychological responses to climate change
Climate anxiety: Psychological responses to climate change
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DOI：
10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102263
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发表时间：
2020-08-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Clayton, Susan
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作者：
Clayton, Susan
气候变化会影响人们的心理健康。大量研究证明，暴露在与气候变化相关的极端天气事件中会对身体健康、心理健康和社会关系产生有害影响。最近，人们的注意力转向了气候变化可能通过增加焦虑等情绪反应对心理健康造成的影响。本文讨论了气候焦虑的性质和存在的一些证据，并推测了解决它的方法。尽管气候焦虑似乎是一种值得临床关注的真实现象，但区分适应性焦虑和非适应性焦虑是很重要的。对个人心理健康的关注不应分散人们对应对气候变化所必需的社会反应的关注。
Climate change will affect psychological wellbeing. Substantial research has documented harmful impacts on physical health, mental health, and social relations from exposure to extreme weather events that are associated with climate change. Recently, attention has turned to the possible effects of climate change on mental health through emotional responses such as increased anxiety. This paper discusses the nature of climate anxiety and some evidence for its existence, and speculates about ways to address it. Although climate anxiety appears to be a real phenomenon that deserves clinical attention, it is important to distinguish between adaptive and maladaptive levels of anxiety. A focus on individual mental health should not distract attention from the societal response that is necessary to address climate change.