Apr 20, 2022
Climate change poses a clear threat to public health, including mental health, and people with mental health disorders are disproportionately impacted. In this episode, psychiatrist Dr. Robin Cooper joins us to discuss how experiencing these types of events can cause significant stress and distress for many and what we can do to address our climate and mental health crisis.
Dr. Robin Cooper, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, has been in private practice psychiatry in San Francisco, California for nearly 40 years and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California San Francisco. She is the co-founder and President of Climate Psychiatry Alliance, a national group dedicated to understanding, advocating, and educating the profession and the public about the urgent risks of our climate crisis and its impacts on mental health.
- Climate Psychiatry Alliance
- Surviving Extreme Heat Toolkit
- Medical Societies Consortium on Climate and Health
- Climate Change and Mental Health Connections | APA
- How Climate Change Impacts Your Mental Health | APA
- APA Blog: Kids and Climate Change
- Children’s books:
For a transcript of this episode, visit: https://apafdn.org/news-events/mentally-healthy-nation-podcast/climate-change-and-mental-health