Association between climate change awareness-related psychological distress and mental health in people with psychiatric diagnoses or subclinical symptoms: a scoping review

Hendrik Peuskens: Affiliation:
Alexianen Zorggroep Tienen, Psychiatric Clinic, Tienen, Belgium. University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium.
Johan Raoul Detraux*: Affiliation:
University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium. Research Group Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Kirsten Catthoor: Affiliation:
Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA), Antwerp, Belgium. Flemish Psychiatric Association, Kortenberg, Belgium. Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Kris Van den Broeck: Affiliation:
Family Medicine and Population Health (FAMPOP), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Victor-Emiel Bellens: Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Thomas Vandendriessche: Affiliation:
KU Leuven Libraries - 2Bergen – Learning Centre Désiré Collen, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Chayenne Van Meel: Affiliation:
KU Leuven Libraries - 2Bergen – Learning Centre Désiré Collen, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Marc De Hert: Affiliation:
University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium. Department of Neurosciences, Research Group Psychiatry, Center for Clinical Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Antwerp Health Law and Ethics Chair, AHLEC University Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.
Jurjen J. Luykx: Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. GGZ inGeest Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Neuroscience Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep Research Program, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Public Health Mental Health Research Program, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maarten Van Den Bossche: Affiliation:
Geriatric Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Neuropsychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven.
Manuel Morrens: Affiliation:
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Scientific Initiative of Neuropsychiatric and Psychopharmacological Studies (SINAPS), University Psychiatric Centre Duffel, Duffel, Belgium.
*: Corresponding author: Johan Raoul Detraux; Email: johan.detraux@upckuleuven.be

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climate anxiety psychological disstress climate awareness mental health

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Type: Review/Meta-analysis
Information: European Psychiatry , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2026.10169 [Opens in a new window]
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