Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health

Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 11:35 in Health & Medicine

Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health. The researchers say that climate change has the potential to have significant negative effects on those with pre-existing serious mental illness, but that there is also likely to be an increase in the overall burden of mental disorder worldwide.

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