Climate Change

is a year 2 psychiatric resident at Vanderbilt University

is a retired health sciences clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of California, Davis School of Medicine.

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha Medical Director, a

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

is a practicing psychiatrist at Garnet Health in New York.

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

Articles

Climate change is a devastating existential threat that can exaggerate preexisting inequities and health/mental health problems. As mental health professionals committed to understanding deep emotional wounds and addressing complexities of relationships, psychiatrists have the tools to assist in bridging the current gaps. 

Next Steps: Solutions and Recommendations For Healing

How might droughts and monsoons in India and China lead to problems in American clinics?

Global Problems Call for Global Solutions: Climate Change in Asian Communities

is a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Northwell Health.

These 4 disastrous climate change events affected Black Americans disproportionately…

Rising From the Ashes of Oppression

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 

 is an award-winning psychiatrist who has specialized in the cultural and ethical aspects of psychiatry. A prolific writer and speaker, he received the one-time designation of Hero of Public Psychiatry from the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association in 2002. To create a better world, he is an advocate for treating mental health issues related to climate instability, burnout, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism. He serves on the Editorial Board of

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. 