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What psychiatrists should know about environmental sustainability and what they should be doing about it

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Daniel Maughan ,
Helen Berry  and
Phil Davison
Daniel Maughan
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford, UK, email daniel.maughan@sustainablehealthcare.org.uk
Helen Berry
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Australia
Phil Davison
Affiliation:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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The 2013 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has caused renewed concern among both clinicians and health policy makers. Climate change is continuing at an increasing rate. This guest editorial describes how climate change might affect global mental health and proposes three things that psychiatrists from every country could implement to respond appropriately to this urgent and severe global threat. These responses are mitigation and adaptation strategies for mental health services, and the integration of sustainability into training.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 2014 , pp. 27 - 30
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