Climate Events, Displacement, and Mental Health-Uprooted

Lisa R Fortuna; Aida Jimenez; Michelle V Porche

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3561

Climate Events, Displacement, and Mental Health-Uprooted

JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1;81(1):5-6. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3561.

Authors

Lisa R Fortuna^{1

2}, Aida Jimenez³, Michelle V Porche¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.
² now with Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

PMID: 37966826
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3561

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the implications of climate event–related disasters and displacement as well as strategies for mitigating their mental health effects.

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MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Humans
Mental Health*