Research and resources, shaped by those doing the work

This systematic scoping review examines the global literature on how Indigenous Peoples experience climate-sensitive mental health impacts, and how these experiences vary across socio-cultural contexts, geographic locations and patterns of climate change. Despite Indigenous Peoples being among those most acutely affected by climate change, the authors find that this population has been comparatively understudied in existing mental health and climate change research. The review synthesises empirical studies published since 2007, examining how meteorological, seasonal and climatic changes intersect with Indigenous mental health and wellbeing across different global regions. The authors argue that findings from this body of work can support Indigenous-led initiatives and decision-making processes aimed at enhancing mental wellness in the context of a changing climate, and call for research and policy responses that centre Indigenous knowledge systems and self-determination rather than externally imposed frameworks.

ABSTRACT: Innovative decolonising work always entails going beyond diversity, but has only recently been raised in relation to 'bereavement studies'. This paper explores what it may entail to 'decolonise' death and its continuing aftermath in the lives of the living. In the UK, documented experiences of racialised inequalities and discrimination have clearly evidenced the pervasiveness of institutional racism across many key areas of life, and this paper considers what decolonising perspectives can offer to the understanding of bereavement support and services within this context.

A reflection on a difficult spring of 2020 - a parent's cancer diagnosis, COVID lockdown, and the Black Lives Matter movement's impact on Black communities - as context for the author's path into activism.

This UK-based study examines the psychological consequences of flood exposure, finding elevated symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety among affected communities, with women reporting higher distress than men. Detached and rational coping strategies were most commonly reported, with detached coping associated with lower distress, while having to evacuate one's home, prior experience of flooding, and poorer general health were all linked to greater psychological impact. The study underscores that psychological distress following flooding is a significant public health concern warranting sustained attention.

A young South African writer reflects on water scarcity and eco-anxiety: torn between solving the climate issues faced daily and being a young person free of that burden.

This book is an edited collection of essays, largely by Australian Jungian Psychologists dealing with the psychological aspects of Climate Change and its imagining. Seventeen writers explore our reactions largely from the perspective of Jungian Depth Psychology. Topics covered include the relationship between myth and climate change; nature and psychology; the dynamics of prophecy, poetry and science; western and non-western philosophies; nature and gender; problems with common beliefs and our ways of thinking about disorder, and more.

Editorial introducing the special issue 'CBT in a Time of Climate and Biodiversity Crises' (Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 2024): BABCP recognises that 'we can and must take action on climate change... it is within our professional remit to apply our skills and knowledge'. On behalf of all the remarkable contributors to this special issue, we ask you to stand with us at this moment in history and choose to do what really matters. Let our CBT community be bold, and not bystanders to this crisis; let us work together and play our part in determining the future of life on Earth.

This chapter addresses the use of social dreaming to facilitate shared understanding of complex problems, such as coping with a pandemic or understanding climate anxiety. By creating a safe, containing space where unconscious thoughts and feelings are encouraged, a collective refusal to over-simplify complexity emerges. Although not therapy, social dreaming has therapeutic effects, containing anxiety, fear and trauma associated with climate change within the safety of dreams and a shared collage of images and associations.