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Mind games: standing by while the world ignores climate change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Daniel L. Maughan  and
Helen L. Berry
Daniel L. Maughan
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford, UK, email daniel.maughan@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk
Helen L. Berry
Affiliation:
ANU Climate Change Institute, The Australian National University, Australia Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Australia
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Abstract

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The mental health effects of climate change are significant and highly concerning, yet little is known about the magnitude of these effects or how best to manage them. This introduction to the thematic papers in this issue explains why climate change is an increasingly important matter for all health services.

Type
Thematic papers: Mental health and climate change
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BJPsych International , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 2015 , pp. 29 - 30
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