1. Climate Change and Mental Health
Katie Hayes, PhD
Climate Change Project Associate
Healthy Environments
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2. Navigating atypical and typical responses to our changing climate
Range of Responses
Climate Hazards
Climate Change
Climate Hazards
Climate Change
References:
Hayes K, Poland B. Addressing mental health in a changing climate: Incorporating mental health indicators into climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(9). doi: /ijerph
Hayes K, Blashki G, Wiseman J, Burke S, Reifels L. Climate change and mental health: Risks, impacts and priority actions. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2018;12(1):1-12. doi: /s
Navigating atypical and typical responses to our changing climate
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3. Extreme Weather Events
PTSD
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety
Depression
Suicidal Ideation and Suicide
Violence and Aggression
Addiction
Survivor Guilt
Vicarious Trauma
Altruism
Compassion
Post Traumatic Growth
References:
Clayton S, Manning C, Krygsman K, Speiser M. Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. 2017;(March).
Cunsolo Willox A, Harper SL, Ford JD, et al. Climate change and mental health: An exploratory case study from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada. Clim Change doi: /s
Dodgen, D. D, Donato N, Kelly A, et al. Ch. 8: Mental Health and Well-Being. The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment.; 2016.
Hayes K, Poland B. Addressing mental health in a changing climate: Incorporating mental health indicators into climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(9). doi: /ijerph
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4. Vector Borne Disease Cognitive and neurological impairments
Mood and behavioural disorders
References:
Bransfield, R. C. (2018, September). Neuropsychiatric Lyme Borreliosis: An Overview with a Focus on a Specialty Psychiatrist’s Clinical Practice. In Healthcare (Vol. 6, No. 3, p. 104). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Dodgen, D. D, Donato N, Kelly A, et al. Ch. 8: Mental Health and Well-Being. The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment.; 2016.
Khan, A., Plana-Ripoll, O., Antonsen, S., Brandt, J., Geels, C., Landecker, H., ... & Rzhetsky, A. (2019). Environmental pollution is associated with increased risk of psychiatric disorders in the US and Denmark. PLoS biology, 17(8), e
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5. Air Quality Depression Bipolar disorder Cognitive impairments
References:
Chirico F, Magnavita N. Letter to the Editor (January 1, 2019) concerning the paper “Impact of air pollution on depression and suicide”. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. Forthcoming 2019,
Roberts S, Arseneault L, Barratt B, et al. Exploration of NO 2 and PM 2.5 air pollution and mental health problems using high-resolution data in London-based children from a UK longitudinal cohort study. Psychiatry Res doi: /j.psychres
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6. Sea-Level Rise and Melting Permafrost
Displacement
Loss of jobs and livelihoods
Loss of a sense of place
Anxiety, worry, fear, grief
References:
Clayton S, Manning C, Krygsman K, Speiser M. Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. 2017;(March).
Cunsolo Willox A, Harper SL, Ford JD, Landman K, Houle K, Edge VL. “From this place and of this place:” Climate change, sense of place, and health in Nunatsiavut, Canada. Soc Sci Med doi: /j.socscimed
Cunsolo Willox A, Harper SL, Ford JD, et al. Climate change and mental health: An exploratory case study from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada. Clim Change doi: /s
Cunsolo A, Ellis NR. Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss. Nat Clim Chang doi: /s
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7. Climate Change ‘Writ Large’

8. Psychoterratic Syndromes
Ecoanxiety1
Ecogrief2
Ecoparalysis1
Solastalgia1,3
References:
Albrecht G. Chronic environmental change: Emerging “psychoterratic”syndromes. In: Weissbecker I, ed. Climate Change and Human Well-Being. New York: Springer; 2011.
Cunsolo A, Ellis NR. Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss. Nat Clim Chang doi: /s
Howard C, Rose C, Hancock T, Canadian Public Health Association. Lancet Countdown 2017 Report: Briefing for Canadian Policymakers
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9. Factors Influencing Psychosocial Adaptation
‘psychosocial’: psychological and social wellbeing
Reference:
Hayes, K., Berry, P., & Ebi, K. L. (2019). Factors Influencing the Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change in Canada. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(9), 1583.
Source:4 Hayes, K., Berry, P., & Ebi, K. L. (2019). Factors Influencing the Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change in Canada. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(9), 1583.

10. Interventions Surveillance & Monitoring: Guidance: Services:
Climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments
Psychosocial asset mapping
Guidance:
Mental health and wellness recovery guides
Psychological First Aid (PFA) and Psychological Recovery (SPR) Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Services:
Roving mental health care
Peer support
Tele-mental health
Walk-in mental health care
Approaches:
Stepped care approach
Cognitive-based mental health care
Land-based healing
References:
Hayes K, Blashki G, Wiseman J, Burke S, Reifels L. Climate change and mental health: Risks, impacts and priority actions. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2018;12(1):1-12. doi: /s

11. Innovative Approaches
Mobile mental health
eNuk program8
Nature-Based Therapies
Forest Bathing (shinrin-yoku)
Guidance
Emotional resilience toolkit for climate work9
Good Grief Network
Network of Care:
Climate Psychiatry Alliance5
Training:
International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC) Workshops6
Social Prescribing:
NYU Environmental Health Clinic7
References:
Hayes K, Blashki G, Wiseman J, Burke S, Reifels L. Climate change and mental health: Risks, impacts and priority actions. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2018;12(1):1-12. doi: /s
Hayes K, Poland B. Addressing mental health in a changing climate: Incorporating mental health indicators into climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(9). doi: /ijerph
Hayes K, Berry P, Ebi K. Factors Influencing the Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change in Canada. Int J Environ Health Res. 16(9):1583. doi://doi.org/ /ijerph

12. Thank you!
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13. References
1. Albrecht G. Chronic environmental change: Emerging “psychoterratic”syndromes. In: Weissbecker I, ed. Climate Change and Human Well-Being. New York: Springer; 2011.
2. Cunsolo A, Ellis NR. Ecological grief as a mental health response to climate change-related loss. Nat Clim Chang doi: /s
3. Howard C, Rose C, Hancock T, Canadian Public Health Association. Lancet Countdown 2017 Report: Briefing for Canadian Policymakers
4. Hayes, K., Berry, P., & Ebi, K. L. (2019). Factors Influencing the Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change in Canada. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(9), 1583.
5. Climate Psychiatry Alliance. (2019). Take Action.
6. The International Transformational Resilience Coalition. (2019). Workshops.
7. Koger, S. M., Leslie, K. E., & Hayes, E. D. (2011). Climate change: Psychological solutions and strategies for change. Ecopsychology, 3(4), 227–235.
8. Sawatzky A, Cunsolo A, Gillis G, et al. Profiling the ENuk Program: An Inuit-Led Strategy for Monitoring and Responding to the Impacts of Environmental Change on Health and Wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.; 2018.
9. Climate Therapy Alliance. (2019). Emotional Resilience Toolkit for Climate Work. Version