Crisis care: tackling the climate and ecological emergency. (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bailey, Cate; Poole, Norman A.; James, Adrian
• Is Part Of: BJPsych bulletin. Volume 45:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 201
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: Sustainability -- climate emergency -- climate crisis -- mental health -- psychiatrists; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 616.8905
• DOI: 10.1192/bjb.2021.33
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4694

Abstract

Abstract : The climate crisis is a health crisis; it demands the urgent attention and action of healthcare professionals and organisations. In this issue of the BJPsych Bulletin, we consider what the destructive effects of the climate and ecological crisis entail for the mental health of populations, and what the response of psychiatrists, both individual and collective, must be. We also highlight the opportunities and benefits a more sustainable and preventative approach could offer individuals, communities and the planet.