Niedzwiedz Claire L, Olsen Jonathan R, Rizeq Jala, Afework Tsion, Hill-Harding Chiara K V, Shaw Richard J, Thomas Rhian, Kariuki Symon M, Katikireddi Srinivasa Vittal, Weaver Andrew J, Martin Gina, Parr Hester, Papies Esther K
School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2025 Mar 10;79(4):295-301. doi: 10.1136/jech-2024-222716.
Climate change is a major threat to global health. Its effects on physical health are increasingly recognised, but mental health impacts have received less attention. The mental health effects of climate change can be direct (resulting from personal exposure to acute and chronic climatic changes), indirect (via the impact on various socioeconomic, political and environmental determinants of mental health) and overarching (via knowledge, education and awareness of climate change). These impacts are unequally distributed according to long-standing structural inequities which are exacerbated by climate change. We outline key concepts and pathways through which climate change may affect mental health and explore the responses to climate change at different levels, from emotions to politics, to highlight the need for multilevel action. We provide a broad reference to help guide researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in the use and understanding of different terms in this rapidly growing interdisciplinary field.
气候变化是对全球健康的重大威胁。其对身体健康的影响日益得到认可，但对心理健康的影响却较少受到关注。气候变化对心理健康的影响可能是直接的（源于个人暴露于急性和慢性气候变化）、间接的（通过对心理健康的各种社会经济、政治和环境决定因素的影响）以及总体的（通过对气候变化的认识、教育和了解）。根据长期存在的结构性不平等，这些影响的分布并不均衡，而气候变化又加剧了这种不平等。我们概述了气候变化可能影响心理健康的关键概念和途径，并探讨了从情感层面到政治层面不同层次对气候变化的应对措施，以强调采取多层次行动的必要性。我们提供广泛的参考资料，以帮助指导研究人员、从业者和政策制定者在这个快速发展的跨学科领域中使用和理解不同术语。
