Posted on 03/30/2017 10:39:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When people think about climate change, they probably think first about its effects on the environment, and possibly on their physical health. But climate change also takes a significant toll on mental health, according to a new report released by the American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica entitled Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance.
Climate change-induced severe weather and other natural disasters have the most immediate effects on mental health in the form of the trauma and shock due to personal injuries, loss of a loved one, damage to or loss of personal property or even the loss of livelihood, according to the report. Terror, anger, shock and other intense negative emotions that can dominate people's initial response may eventually subside, only to be replaced by post-traumatic stress disorder.
The impacts of climate on mental health are not relegated to disasters alone. Worry about actual or potential impacts of climate change can lead to stress that can build over time and eventually lead to stress-related problems, such as substance abuse, anxiety disorders and depression, according to research reviewed in the report.
The report also emphasized that adopting environmentally friendly policies and lifestyle choices can have a positive effect on mental health. For example, choosing to bike or walk to work has been associated with decreased stress levels. If walking or biking to work is impractical or unsafe, use of public transportation has been associated with an increase in community cohesion and a reduction in symptoms of depression and stress, according to the report. Also, increased accessibility to parks and other green spaces could benefit mental health as spending more time in nature has been shown to lower stress levels and reduce stress-related illness, regardless of socioeconomic status, age or gender.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
Barack Obama’s Presidency had a far larger negative effect on the mental health of the majority of Americans than climate change ever will. Check the suicide rates for proof.
“Worry about actual or potential impacts of climate change can lead to stress...”
Deranged idiots having meltdowns.
People that believe in Global Warming are already insane
The climate change HOAX is having a terrible impact on the gullible leftists that actually believe the world is ending!
The only people that are having mental problems over climate change/global warming are its cult members.
Mental....the followers of this cr8p are mental.
When people think about climate change, they probably think first about its effects on the environment, and possibly on their physical health.
Climate change-induced severe weather and other natural disasters have the most immediate effects on mental health in the form of the trauma and shock due to personal injuries...
What a crock.
When you start from a fallacious premise, the only way your conclusions can be valid is by accident.
Might I suggest that it is the overblown fear-mongering of the climate change hoaxers that is at the root of all this anxiety, and not the actual weather?
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Russia President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that climate change doubters “may not be at all silly.”
In an interview by CNBC at the International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk, Russia, Putin was asked about the rollback of environmental regulations from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
“Those people who are not in agreement with opponents (of climate change) may not be at all silly,” Putin replied via an interpreter.
Russia’s president also pointed to the economic importance of the Arctic region as he argued global warming and ice melting in the area created beneficial conditions for economic improvement.
“Climate change brings in more favorable conditions and improves the economic potential of this region,” he said. “Today, Russia’s GDPis the result of the economic activity of this region.” Putin explained as he revealed that 10 percent of his country’s GDP is linked to the Arctic region.
Yeah....the entire left is crazier then a bunch of bedbugs...
Climate change-induced severe weather and other natural disasters have the most immediate effects on mental health in the form of the trauma and shock due to personal injuries, loss of a loved one, damage to or loss of personal property or even the loss of livelihood...
So do fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal wave, wars, etc...
This is the kind of claptrap you get from emasculated pseudo-scientists!
Their constant accusations of me being a denier are drivin’ me cray cray. There. BOOM!
Blame everything on climate change just like the libs.
Car wont start. Dang climate change!
Gotta hang nail. Dang climate change!
Mock them!
Want to stop these supposed mental health issues caused by climate fear?
Then stop pounding the simpletons in the populations with constant, ominous, but never provable threats of impending climate doom.
What is “Climate change”? how is it measured and by what empirical data? What is the standard of measurement? what is the object of measurement. I do see a mental health issue for anyone that espouses “climate change” when they don’t know what it means. I really think it is child abuse to teach that crap in a school using TAX DOLLARS!! The children must be so confused.
LOL. Those wackyass shrinks. Trying to get in on “da climate change” scam before it totally collapses.
How did people deal with it during the Medieval warming period?
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