The hidden toll of climate disasters
Most climate-related mental health challenges don’t come from “doom-and-gloom” rhetoric. They come from climate change itself.
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If you look around the news and social media, you’ll find that many discussions on climate change and mental health have focused on eco-anxiety, and the problem with doom-and-gloom rhetoric.
Defined as "a chronic fear …