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Strategies for Delivering Mental Health Services in Response to Global Climate Change

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Palinkas, Lawrence, O’Donnell, Meaghan, Lau, Winnie, Wong, Marleen·2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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This review examines from a services perspective strategies for preparedness and response to mental health impacts of three types of climate-related events: 1) acute climate-related events such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires, 2) sub-acute or long-term changes in the environment such as drought and heat stress; and 3) the existential threat of long-lasting changes, including higher temperatures, rising sea levels and a permanently altered and potentially uninhabitable physical environment. Strategies for acute events include development and implementation of guidelines and interventions for monitoring and treating adverse mental health outcomes and strengthening individual and community resilience, training of non-mental health professionals for services delivery, and the mapping of available resources and locations of at-risk populations. Additional strategies for sub-acute changes include advocacy for mitigation policies and programs and adaptation of guidelines and interventions to address the secondary impacts of sub-acute events such as economic loss, threats to livelihood, health and well-being, population and family displacement, environmental degradation and collective violence. Strategies for long-lasting changes include implementation of evidence-based risk communication interventions that address the existential threat of climate change, promoting the mental health benefits of environmental conservation, and promoting positive mental health impacts of climate change.

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  • Palinkas et al. have reviewed the preparedness and response strategies from a mental health services perspective across three areas: acute and extreme weather events; sub-acute or long-term events; and the prospect of long-term and permanent changes, such as an uninhabitable physical environment.

    “Palinkas et al. have reviewed the preparedness and response strategies from a mental health services perspective across three areas: (1) acute and extreme weather events; (2) sub-acute or long-term events; and (3) the prospect of long-term and permanent changes, such as an uninhabitable physical environment [122,123].”

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  • Existing narrative or systematic reviews of brief interventions have been limited to specific disaster subtypes or particular age groups.

    “A couple of narrative or systematic reviews summarized brief interventions on the specific subtypes of disasters, e.g., mental health impacts in response to climate change [13] or the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 [14], or were narrowed to particular age groups, e.g., children and adolescents [15].”

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Authors
Palinkas, L., O’Donnell, M., Lau, W., & Wong, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author
Palinkas, Lawrence
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-10-07
Volume
17
Issue
22
Pages
8562-8562
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3099589780
Cited by
77
References
91
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1
FWCI
0.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Preprints.org (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
climate change, mental health services, climate change preparedness, extreme weather events, drought, heat waves, community resilience, community health workers, risk communication, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, population displacement, environmental degradation, civil conflict, environmental protection, psychological growth
MeSH terms
Delivery of Health Care, Disasters, Humans, Mental Health Services, Climate Change

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