Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance

2017
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To help increase awareness of these challenges and to address them, the AmericanPsychological Association and ecoAmerica sponsored this report, Mental Health and OurChanging Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. This is an updated and expandedversion of our 2014 report, Beyond Storms & Droughts: The Psychological Impacts of ClimateChange, which explored how climate change can impact mental health and providedguidance to engage the public. This updated report is intended to further inform andempower health and medical professionals, community and elected leaders, and the public.Our websites offer webinars and other resources to supplement this report.

To help increase awareness of these challenges and to address them, the AmericanPsychological Association and ecoAmerica sponsored this report, Mental Health and OurChanging Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. This is an updated and expandedversion of our 2014 report, Beyond Storms & Droughts: The Psychological Impacts of ClimateChange, which explored how climate change can impact mental health and providedguidance to engage the public. This updated report is intended to further inform andempower health and medical professionals, community and elected leaders, and the public.Our websites offer webinars and other resources to supplement this report.

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