Collage of images showing the climate crisis

The climate change special issue of the International Review of Psychiatry launched in September to showcase diverse global perspectives on how mental health and wellbeing is being damaged by the climate emergency, and what mental health professionals and others can do to cope and act with care for human and more-than-human worlds. The diverse range of papers include: perspectives on the mental health and wellbeing experiences of different countries and communities in the climate emergency; 23 young people from around the world sharing their climate-related feelings, desires for mental health support and hopes for a more compassionate world; a narrative review comprehensively synthesising the cross-disciplinary evidence on the interconnections between climate change and mental health and wellbeing; and calls to action for the mental health professional community to appropriately support, intervene and advocate for investment in care of people and the planet.

With such a wealth of information to digest, we are delighted to continue and extend discussions on the content of the issue at the Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting. This event will take audience questions on the papers across the special issue, with a subset of authors available to unpack many of the key themes and calls to action.

We look forward to you joining us.

Speakers:


Professor Monika Dos Santos
Professor
University of South Africa
Author: Climate change and mental health within the African context

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