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Climate change, environmental extremes, and human health in A…

(8 days ago) People also askAre natural environments better for mental health?We can only focus our attention for a certain period of time before feeling mentally fatigued. Natural environments tend to provide greater recovery from attention fatigue, and they restore cognitive resources depleted by everyday routine activities more than other types of non-green and/or built environments.Time in nature is good for our mental health … but what about abc.net.auHow does air pollution affect mental health and well being?Dr. Anet Varghese

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How Climate Change Affects Mental Health in Australia

(5 days ago) WebClimate change is increasingly driving more severe and frequent extreme weather events such as extreme heat, bushfires, storms and floods which have serious and wide-reaching impacts on the mental health of Australians today. This report discusses climate change and mental health, including mental illness and suicide, effective responses and

https://dea.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Report-How-Climate-Change-Affects-Mental-Health-in-Australia-v3-1.pdf

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Survey results: National study of the impact of climate …

(1 days ago) WebAustralians are facing increasingly severe and frequent extreme weather disasters driven by climate change. In December 2022, Climate Council, supported by Beyond Blue, undertook an extensive two-part national …

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/survey-results-climate-disasters-mental-health/

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Hope, Coping and Eco-Anxiety: Young People’s Mental …

(3 days ago) WebStress and anxiety. “Stress and anxiety” was perceived to be a mental health impact of climate change by 38 out of 46 (83%) survey participants. A higher percentage of participants selected “stress and anxiety” as a mental health impact in the member group than in the non-member group ( n = 19, 90% vs. n = 19, 76%).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9105994/

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Mental Health and Environmental Exposures: An Editorial

(3 days ago) WebGo to: 1. Introduction. It is well-documented that human mental health emerges from a complex interplay between genetic, psychological, lifestyle, and other factors. In addition, people are also exposed to numerous environments. These environmental exposures (e.g., green space, noise, air pollution, weather conditions, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210156/

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4.1 Impacts of the natural environment on health, …

(3 days ago) WebThis article presents a selection of evidence on the impact of the ‘natural environment’ on the physical and mental health of Australia’s population (Box 4.1.1). It also describes government policies and community programs currently in place in Australia to prevent and manage ill health that is related to the natural environment.

https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/cfd6abd4-32fb-4995-835f-5e94dac7a827/aihw-aus-221-chapter-4-1.pdf.aspx

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The rise of 'eco-anxiety': climate change affects our …

(9 days ago) WebClimate-related displacement. Long-term environmental changes, including once fertile land turning to desert, erosion of soil and coastlines, and sea level rise, are predicted to result in large-scale …

https://public-health.uq.edu.au/article/2019/09/rise-eco-anxiety-climate-change-affects-our-mental-health-too

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Mental health and climate change - Climate risk and net …

(2 days ago) WebThis resource has been compiled with support from Sydney Childrens' Hospitals Network's Climate and Mental Health Committee (CMHC). Australians, including healthcare workers, are increasingly aware that climate change is impacting mental wellbeing. We see this with direct impacts of increased and more severe floods, bushfires, storms and drought.

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/netzero/Pages/mental-health-resources.aspx

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Systematic review of quantitative studies assessing …

(8 days ago) Webrelationship between environment and mental health in rural areas Australian Journal of Rural Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of National Rural Health Alliance Ltd. Centre for Mental Health Research, natural environment.13,14 The potential impact on mental

https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/315949/1/Australian%20J%20Rural%20Health%20-%202022%20-%20Batterham%20-%20Systematic%20review%20of%20quantitative%20studies%20assessing%20the%20relationship%20between.pdf

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Mind, body, spirit: co-benefits for mental health from …

(3 days ago) WebThere are links between the natural environment, cultural identity and health, especially among the world’s indigen-ous peoples (we refer to indigenous peoples globally and Aboriginal Australians locally).1 In Australia, the natural environment is threatened: the overwhelming weight of evidence suggests continuing and potentially catastrophic

https://www.publish.csiro.au/nb/pdf/NB10030

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Natural disasters, climate change and mental health …

(8 days ago) WebIntroduction. Natural disasters are an evermore ubiquitous phenomenon in Australia with the past several years possibly being prophetic of what is likely to be the norm over the next several decades, with climate change and its consequences a stark reality. 1-3 In Australia, particularly notable disasters have included the Victorian …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00865.x

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Urban Green Space and Mental and General Health Among Adults …

(8 days ago) WebThe foreword by Margaret Chan, MD, to the World Health Organization’s Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 stated that “good mental health enables people to realize their potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to their communities.” 1 (p 5) The action plan advocated for a multisectoral approach

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2739050

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Time in nature is good for our mental health … but what about

(2 days ago) WebThis innate desire to connect with our natural environments is labelled "biophilia hypothesis" — a term put forward by sociobiologist Edward Wilson in 1984. Research has found that spending time

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2022-01-21/time-in-nature-why-it-is-good-for-us/100173574

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Climate change, environmental extremes, and human health in …

(4 days ago) WebHeatwaves. Heatwaves have been identified as a major threat to human health. From 2000 to 2019, 2296 deaths were associated with heat-related temperatures per year in Australia. 31 The associations of heatwaves with mortality and morbidity may involve most organ systems. 32 For example, the brain's regulation of vasodilation, which …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10730315/

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How climate change affects mental health in Australia

(9 days ago) WebClimate change has serious and wide-reaching impacts on the mental health of Australians today. General practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, other mental health professionals and support workers, researchers and people with lived experience and their families in Australia are collaborating on responses to the impacts of climate change on mental …

https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2021-10/apo-nid315002.pdf

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The rise of eco-anxiety: scientists wake up to the mental-health toll

(Just Now) WebClimate change is exacerbating mental disorders, which already affect almost one billion people and are among the world’s biggest causes of ill health. A global survey in 2021 found that more

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00998-6

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Nature for Health and Wellbeing - Royal Botanic Gardens …

(5 days ago) Weba richness of natural species have been found to be particularly restorative. The quality of green space is more relevant to mental health outcomes, than the quantity of green space. Recent research has provided insights into the amount of time spent in nature that is needed to generate health and wellbeing benefits. It has been found

https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/media/ydgkcbk1/rbg260-nature-for-health-and-wellbeing-report-fa-r3-spreads.pdf

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MENTAL HEALTH IN RURAL AND REMOTE AUSTRALIA

(5 days ago) Web1 National Rural Health Alliance • PO Box 280 Deakin West ACT 2600 • 02 6285 4660 • [email protected] • www.ruralhealth.org.au healthy and sustainable rural, regional and remote communities People in rural and remote areas face a range of stressors unique to living outside major cities.

https://www.ruralhealth.org.au/sites/default/files/publications/nrha-mental-health-factsheet-july2021.pdf

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Human society and wellbeing Australia state of the environment …

(4 days ago) WebThe state of the environment has direct implications for human wellbeing. Humans depend on nature for life-sustaining services such as provision of food and water, climate regulation and cultural connection (Rendón et al. 2019). These are collectively described as ecosystem services, or ‘nature’s contributions to people’ (Díaz et al. 2018).

https://soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/environment/human-society-and-wellbeing

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Health and the environment: a compilation of evidence

(5 days ago) WebThere is increasing awareness that our health and the environment in which we live are closely linked. This report compiles evidence on the relationship between health and a selected list of environmental factors including `natural' features (such as temperature and ultraviolet radiation) and aspects of our surroundings which have been …

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/environment-and-health/health-environment-compilation-of-evidence/summary

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Eco-anxiety affecting more than two-thirds of Australians aged 16 …

(1 days ago) WebMs Addison-Bell's climate stress, often known as eco-anxiety, is affecting more than two-thirds of Australians aged 16-25 years, according youth mental health not-for-profit Orygen. Eoin Killackey

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-19/eco-anxiety-climate-change-cafes/103862272

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Natural disasters, climate change and mental health …

(3 days ago) WebIntroduction. Natural disasters are an evermore ubiquitous phenomenon in Australia with the past several years possibly being prophetic of what is likely to be the norm over the next several decades, with climate change and its consequences a stark reality. 1–3 In Australia, particularly notable disasters have included the Victorian …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00865.x

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Climate change, environmental extremes, and human health in …

(7 days ago) WebBushfire smoke also contains many well-recognised toxic gases including carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen and sulphur and is associated with the formation of tropospheric ozone (O 3).These oxidant gases can also amplify the adverse health impacts of bushfire-sourced PM 2.5.Over 2000–2019, most inhabited areas of Australia …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666606523002547

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Australia is getting a new digital mental health service. Will it help

(3 days ago) WebLow-intensity psychological interventions can work in Australia, but they can’t replace the bigger, more urgent reform our mental health system needs. More care for some people isn’t enough

https://theconversation.com/australia-is-getting-a-new-digital-mental-health-service-will-it-help-heres-what-the-evidence-says-230961

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Natural disasters, climate change and mental health …

(2 days ago) WebNatural disasters can have important and long term psychosocial, mental health and commu-nity impacts. The nature and extent of natural disaster impacts are mediated by multiple individual difference factors such as the nature of prior disaster experience and chronic anxiety levels. Stereotypes and conventional wisdom relating to the stoicism

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00865.x

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Top End hospital leads the green revolution in health care

(8 days ago) WebA volunteer project at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) is using native landscapes to adapt to climate while enhancing wellbeing, Indigenous cultural security and local biodiversity. Health campuses across Australia can improve wellbeing for both patients and staff by incorporating the natural environment using biophilic design. …

https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/21/top-end-hospital-leads-the-green-revolution-in-health-care/

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Built environment and health - Australian Institute of Health and …

(8 days ago) WebThe built environment refers to the human-made surroundings where people live, work and recreate. It includes buildings and parks as well as supporting infrastructure such as transport, water and energy networks (Coleman 2017). The built environment interacts with the natural environment through its use of land, water and energy …

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/built-environment-and-health

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