The Effects of Climate Change on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Clinical Considerations

Nieuwenhuizen, Adrienne van; Hudson, Kelsey; Chen, Xiaoxuan; Hwong, Alison R

doi:10.1007/s11920-021-01296-y

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“…A survey-based study among students grades 3 to 12 in all Puerto Rico public schools found that 7.2% of children ( n = 6,900) reported clinically significant symptoms of PTSD 5 to 9 months after Hurricane Maria [ 95 ]. This study provides further support for the growing recognition of climate change-related hazards as determinants of adolescent and child mental health as they interact with and contribute to other important social determinants like education, poverty, and housing [ 115 ].…”

Section: Disparities In Climate-related Health Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 55%

Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States

Berberian

González

Cushing

2022

Curr Envir Health Rpt

104

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Purpose of Review Climate change is causing warming over most parts of the USA and more extreme weather events. The health impacts of these changes are not experienced equally. We synthesize the recent evidence that climatic changes linked to global warming are having a disparate impact on the health of people of color, including children. Recent Findings Multiple studies of heat, extreme cold, hurricanes, flooding, and wildfires find evidence that people of color, including Black, Latinx, Native American, Pacific Islander, and Asian communities are at higher risk of climate-related health impacts than Whites, although this is not always the case. Studies of adults have found evidence of racial disparities related to climatic changes with respect to mortality, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, mental health, and heat-related illness. Children are particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change, and infants and children of color have experienced adverse perinatal outcomes, occupational heat stress, and increases in emergency department visits associated with extreme weather. Summary The evidence strongly suggests climate change is an environmental injustice that is likely to exacerbate existing racial disparities across a broad range of health outcomes.

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Section: Disparities In Climate-related Health Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 55%

Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States

Berberian

González

Cushing

2022

Curr Envir Health Rpt

104

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“…Extreme weather events have detrimental effects on mental health and are a source of trauma and distress. 9 Van Neiuwenhuizen and colleagues 9 also found that the awareness of the existence of climate crisis was associated with emotional distress. Negative emotional responses such as feelings of guilt, pain, anxiety, and demoralization are associated with the awareness of climate change and its looming threats.…”

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“… 10 These negative emotional responses could also take on more serious forms of psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depressive disorders, stress-related disorders, substance abuse, and suicide ideation. 11 Further, young people with a mental illness and without social support are at an increased risk of climate change induced mental ill-health 9 and the additional stress of climate change can affect their recovery. 10 However, it has been found that although climate change causes distress, the emotional responses that it triggers such as anger and hope may led to behaviours that are pro-environmental such as climate action or activism.…”

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confidence: 99%

A cross-sectional survey of climate and COVID-19 crises in young people in Indian slums: context, psychological responses, and agency

Yatirajula¹,

Prashad²,

Daniel³

et al. 2023

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia

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“…Numerous factors may influence the association between eco-concern and mental health outcomes. Age may be an important factor: eco-concern is known to impact children, adolescents, and young adults the most, particularly those with preexisting mental health conditions and lacking social support [ 4 , 11 , 12 ]. In addition, constant media exposure has exacerbated eco-concern [ 13 ].…”

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Development and Validation of an Eating-Related Eco-Concern Questionnaire

Presseller

Cooper

et al. 2022

Nutrients

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Eco-concern, the distress experienced relating to climate change, is associated with mental health, yet no study has examined disordered eating related to eco-concern. This study developed and validated a 10-item scale assessing Eating-Related Eco-Concern (EREC). Participants (n = 224) completed the EREC, Climate Change Worry Scale (CCWS), and Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q). Construct validity, convergent validity, and internal consistency were evaluated. Sex differences in EREC were evaluated using t-tests. Associations among the EREC, CCWS, and EDE-Q were evaluated using linear regression models. Sensitivity analyses were conducted in individuals below EDE-Q global score clinical cut-offs. Factor analysis suggested that all items loaded adequately onto one factor. Pearson’s correlation and Bland–Altman analyses suggested strong correlation and acceptable agreement between the EREC and CCWS (r = 0.57), but weak correlation and low agreement with the EDE-Q global score (r = 0.14). The EREC had acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.88). No sex difference was observed in the EREC in the full sample; females had a significantly higher mean score than males in sensitivity analysis. The EREC was significantly positively associated with the CCWS and EDE-Q global and shape concern scores, but not in sensitivity analysis. The EREC is a brief, validated scale that can be useful to screen for eating-related eco-concern.

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The Effects of Climate Change on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Clinical Considerations

Cited by 38 publications

References 63 publications

Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States

Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States

A cross-sectional survey of climate and COVID-19 crises in young people in Indian slums: context, psychological responses, and agency

Development and Validation of an Eating-Related Eco-Concern Questionnaire

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