Climate Change And Mental Health
Two doctors are experts in psychiatry and social psychology, Lisa A. Page and Louise M. Howard, ensure that in future years will sharply increase mental disorders both newly emerging, such as exacerbations and relapses of existing ones.
To support his views are supported by several epidemiological studies have serious, suggests that in the coming decades are expected so many natural disasters, economic, social and so on. As a result of climate change and environmental threats that ultimately affect the minds of citizens in the form of depression, post-traumatic disorders, psychosomatic diseases, etc..
In fact, in recent decades has warned in the world a slow but steady increase of mental disorders related to stress, lifestyle, loss of social support and emotional, behavioral addictions, etc.. Moreover the experts argue that in times of crisis care for disadvantaged populations, such as mental illness, which usually suffer the most. You know, a skinny dog …
Finally, the experts say there are other people so badly tolerated the climatic changes that sickened the body and mind at once: the elderly, chronically ill, asthma, cardiac … Many seriously ill or die, and around accumulate penalties and duels, and many others will try to alleviate the pain with drugs or always new ones, and some end up committing suicide in despair. Anyway, why go. The outlook predicts that looks nothing like the joy I behold white landscape through my window. Rather be between black smoke and ash gray apocalyptic post-nuclear.
But all this is true?, To what extent we should believe and be frightened? What the experts predict seems reasonable, but it is not shown, and they have no prophet’s cousin. But the warning is made, and shelter should be met, lest we die pille destitute and shivering or sweltering, also depressed, which would have no grace.