Relationships between climate change distress, generalized anxiety, and climate-related symptoms of mental disorders

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that reactions to climate change take two forms. Some people do not experience climate change-related symptoms of mental disorders, and some do. People who experience symptoms have higher levels of climate change distress, and the frequency with which they experience these symptoms is determined by their dispositional, generalized anxiety.PMID:38533554 | DOI:10.1080/10615806.2024.2332628
Source: Anxiety, Stress, and Coping - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Source Type: research