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Climate Change
On Climate, COVID, and Race
June 30, 2020
There are moments in history that require us to step back and refocus, to view the issues before us through a new lens and from a different vantage point. We are all now sitting squarely in such a moment.
A New IQ: Testing Smart in the Anthropocene
March 24, 2020
In 2009 I attended the United Nations Copenhagen Climate Conference. The general thought at the time was that it was the last best opportunity to keep the world from warming over 2 degrees centigrade.
While Australia Burns: What Psychiatrists Can Learn From Each Other
February 13, 2020
Because climate instability is a global challenge, America and Australia, on different sides of the world, can model how global partnerships can work.
Disaster Response, Mental Health, and Community Resilience
January 27, 2020
The increase in repeated disasters and associated social stressors linked to global warming is likely to affect the mental wellbeing of billions of persons in the 21st century.
Toward A Bio-Psycho-Social-Eco Model of Psychiatry
December 31, 2019
Environmental factors in addition to climate change-air pollution, toxins, noise-seem to have detrimental psychological repercussions.
Climate Psychiatry Year in Review
December 01, 2019
Climate medicine: What was once on the radar of just a handful of physicians has exploded into awareness, alarm, and sometimes debate and skepticism. No matter how you look at it, psychiatrists are on the front lines.
Who Knew? The Implications of One Environmental Policy for Mental Health
November 22, 2019
The Clean Air Act (CAA) turned 55 years old last year. Most millennials and Gen Xers have had little idea what this legislation has meant for us, even though it may have given us each almost a year of productive life.
The End of Human Civilization
October 29, 2019
A radical and urgent perspective about the realities of climate change.
Green Spaces
September 19, 2019
Nature provides both physical and psychological benefits. How does this healing through exposure to nature occur?
Puerto Rico Se Levanta (“Puerto Rico Rises”): From Denial and Passivity to Action and Hope
August 02, 2019
Hurricane Maria was the wakeup call many Puerto Ricans needed to become active in social justice efforts. Their story serves as an example of transformational resilience.