Hope, despair and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fritze, Jessica C ^a   Blashki, Grant A ^a,b   Burke, Susie ^c   Wiseman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c The Australian Psychological Society Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISASTER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOPE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 65549168327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-2-13     Document Type: Article

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