Department of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Int Rev Psychiatry. 2022 Aug;34(5):510-512. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2022.2093626.
Africa is ecologically sensitive, with vulnerable communities which are at particular risk of the associations and impacts of climate change. Serious climatic events can result in traumatic stress, developing into chronic psychopathological and psychiatric patterns. Nonetheless, there remains a lack of psychiatric studies on mental disorders associated with climate change within the African context. There is a need in Africa for robust complex adaptive integrated research concerning climate change impacts and associations on and with mental health and healthcare systems, policy and practice, so that relevant interventions may be implemented and strengthened.
非洲生态敏感，脆弱的社区面临气候变化的关联和影响的特别风险。严重的气候事件可能导致创伤后应激，发展为慢性心理病理和精神障碍模式。尽管如此，在非洲背景下，与气候变化相关的精神障碍的精神病学研究仍然缺乏。非洲需要关于气候变化对精神卫生和医疗保健系统、政策和实践的影响和关联的强大复杂适应性综合研究，以便实施和加强相关干预措施。
