Climate Change

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha Medical Director, a

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center attending physician, and President of the APA Hispanic Caucus.

is a psychiatry resident at Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, New York.

Articles

Ultimately, the climate change crisis underlies an already growing mental health crisis and Hispanic/Latinx heterogeneity shapes different patterns of environmental injustice. 

The Effects of Climate Change on Hispanic and Latinx Communities

Respect for Indigenous peoples and their knowledge is crucial to the resolution of climate change. 

Recovering Ancient Knowledge for the Good of the Earth

Powerful psychic defenses are keeping humanity from facing a number of interconnected crises. How can these psychic defenses be overcome? 

Introducing a New Series: Racism and Climate Change 

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! It’s Earth Day

Videos

A Call to Change in the Relationship Between Psychiatry and the Earth

The Racism & Psychiatry collection highlights the ways communities of color have been uniquely impacted by climate disruption and what psychiatrists can do about it.

The Tangled Roots of Racism and Climate Change

is professor of psychiatry and the Former Von Tauber Chair,

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Nassau University Medical Center.

Ancient religious texts from India explain the deep connections between human beings and their environment. 

Climate Change and Hinduism

is an officer of the Order of Australia, a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, is affiliated with the Brain & Mind Centre at University of Sydney and the Institute of Mental Health at the University of Wollongong (Australia), and is

Chair of Transforming Australia’s Mental Health Service System (TAMHSS).He has been a psychiatrist serving Aboriginal communities in a remote region of New South Wales for 35+ years.

Australia’s cascading environmental crises are all likely effects of climate change. How can psychiatrists and other mental health stakeholders respond?

Dominos: Mental Health Impacts of Australia’s Environmental Crises

is a clinical social worker, a visual storyteller, and a creativity consultant.

All it takes is one tree, one connection…

Our Trees of Life

is Clinical Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

is an Instructor and Program Developer at Turtle Mountain Community College in North Dakota.

Ancient creation stories can still tell us something about our world. 