Elblandklinikum Radebeul, Academic Hospital, Technical University Dresden, Heinrich Zille Strase 13, 01445 Radebeul, Germany,
Psychiatr Danub. 2022 Summer;34(2):296-298. doi: 10.24869/psyd.2022.296.
Climate change has become a global emergency, which mental health effects are increasingly being described and understood. Children and adolescents, especially those in low income countries and minority communities, are particularly vulnerable to experience the worst impacts of climate change now and in the coming decades. Our group of early career mental health clinicians and researchers in nine culturally and socioeconomic different countries across three continents initiated a global, online discussion about the effects of climate change on the mental health of children and adolescents, based on literature and our professional experience. We identified a paucity of research and psychiatric education on the topic, and a need to advance global and local efforts in this direction. We also identified three main domains of mental health impact of climate change: direct, indirect, and through physical conditions. Our work offers a preliminary, up-to-date overview of the consequences of climate change on the mental health of children and adolescents, and provides recommendations to advance policies, public health efforts, research, education, and clinical care in the emerging area of 'Climate Psychiatry'.
气候变化已成为全球紧急情况，其对心理健康的影响正日益被描述和理解。儿童和青少年，尤其是那些来自低收入国家和少数族裔社区的儿童和青少年，现在和未来几十年都极易受到气候变化最严重影响的影响。我们这组来自九个不同文化和社会经济背景、横跨三大洲的初露头角的心理健康临床医生和研究人员，根据文献和我们的专业经验，就气候变化对儿童和青少年心理健康的影响开展了一次全球性的在线讨论。我们发现，关于这一主题的研究和精神科教育非常匮乏，需要在这方面加强全球和地方的努力。我们还确定了气候变化对心理健康影响的三个主要领域：直接影响、间接影响和通过身体状况产生的影响。我们的工作提供了气候变化对儿童和青少年心理健康影响的最新概述，并就如何在新兴的“气候精神病学”领域推进政策、公共卫生努力、研究、教育和临床护理提供了建议。
