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 ...
Yeah, we can see the insane effect it has had on Algore.
>>Climate change-induced severe weather and other natural disasters have the most immediate effects on mental health<<
Well, seeing as how climatologist have YET to link any weather with climate change (even their most ardent supporter admits this) everything that follows is scientifically FALSE.
HA! Eco-nazi psychologists that don’t even recognize their own projection!
“due to personal injuries” - Like in accidents associated with all the extra left lane merges for HOV; dinky cars; mixing bicycles w/vehicular traffic...
“loss of a loved one” - see above
“damage to or loss of personal property” - Like when the EPA restricts you from using your own land because there’s water on it, and as far as I know, folks in Calvert Cliffs MD still can’t shore up their homes to keep them from falling into the Bay...
“the loss of livelihood” - There use to be these people called “coal miners”...
When you tell people the world is going to hell and it is the fault of everyone around you, that it is a conspiracy to kill you by an evil half of the population, of course it breeds paranoia and resentment, depression and projection.
Labeling people as “polluters” simply for breathing can have a negative effect on their self-esteem.
Translation into English in Big Red Crayola: Liberal Psychobabble Bull Pucky
WHO PAYS FOR THIS GARBAGE...???
Very well put.
The same APA that insists that homosexuals, trannys and other assorted afflicted are not mentally ill?
Our taxes passed on as grants, of course!
Believing in ridiculous #FakeScience hoaxes will definitely degrade your mental faculties. There are consequences to intentional stupidity.
From the APA, the same group that once gave Teddy Kennedy an award for his contributions to the welfare and progress of women - they know nothing.....
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