1. Climate Change and Mental Health: Implications for the Psychiatric Workforce
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Tami Benton, Benjamin Doty, Diana Clarke, Adrienne Grzenda, Jonathan Alpert, Wilson M. Compton, Emily A. Kuhl, Nitin Gogtay, Laura Thompson, and Alison R. Hwong
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Mental Health Services ,Psychiatry ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Climate Change ,Public health ,Climate change ,Mental health ,Planetary health ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Mental Health ,Work (electrical) ,Workforce ,medicine ,Humans ,Mental health care ,sense organs ,Psychology - Abstract
Climate change is a major global public mental health crisis that is expected to increase the need for mental health services. Psychiatrists and other mental health care providers must address workforce needs through recruitment, training and education, prevention and intervention, public policy and advocacy, and direct efforts to reduce climate change. This column discusses concrete steps for the psychiatric workforce to take to prepare for growing mental health needs associated with climate change.
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- 2022
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