You’re Not Imagining It, Climate Change IS Messing With Your Mental Health

As temperatures and sea levels rise, the effects of climate
change are being felt in weather patterns, natural disasters, and
in both public and personal mental health. We talk with Dr.
Caroline Carney, President of Behavioral Health and Chief Medical
Officer at Magellan Health in Phoenix about the connection
between your mind and the dire conditions Earth is facing. She
says the damage is being done by the traumatic effects of fires,
floods, and other severe weather incidents but also by the
gnawing anxiety that the future holds more extreme and changing
conditions that we’ll have to deal with in ever-increasing
amounts. Dr. Carney offers advice on what you can do as an
individual to understand and address what’s happening and she
offers insight into how the medical community is doing with
confronting these crises.


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