Climate Change

Psychiatry may often encounter suicide and homicide, but what is its relationship with ecocide and genocide?

What actions can mental health clinicians take to reduce climate instability?

How can we prevent heat-related illness in patients with psychiatric disorders, who are more vulnerable to heat?

Should politicians be more interested in climate change to improve US mental health?

The impact of plastics on health is an area of increasing concern.

The change in the weather indicates a potential public health emergency...

How does climate change affect mental health in individuals and communities?

How can we mitigate climate issues without harming working Americans?

What are the connections between environmental factors and the development of mental disorders?

Here are highlights from the last day of this year’s APA Annual Meeting.

“Our results indicate that prior assessments significantly underestimated the association between ambient temperature and suicide.”

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the April issue of Psychiatric Times.

Climate change is a global public health crisis.

The articles in this Psychiatric Times Special Report highlight the relationship of health to the environment.

Happy Earth Day!

"Earth Day is a poignant reminder of our collective responsibility for the ecosystem and how environmental factors impact mental health."

How can we halt the plastic crisis and end plastic pollution once and for all?

How does divisive tribalism handicap our efforts to solve the climate emergency?

Here are highlights from some of the year’s top features in Psychiatric Times from throughout 2023.

What is the psychiatrist’s role in climate change? One reader responds.

From sleep disturbances in ADHD to psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

A recent study serves as a model for future studies and lists several implications for the future of climate change psychiatric research.

Children have real worries driven by real threats when it comes to climate change.

One reader believes psychiatrists and mental health clinicians should approach climate change with skepticism.

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the October 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.

The effects of climate change impact everyone and we need to pay attention.

The 2023 Burning Man gave us a glimpse into the power of community under climate duress.

Climate change plays a pivotal role in the recent surge of wildfires, and their impact on mental health. How can you, as a clinician, help those impacted by these disasters, specifically children and adolescents?

Explore the medical ethics associated with the case of Held v Montana.

A psychiatrist shares her first-hand experience with the landmark case of Held v State of Montana.