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This research overview aims to illuminate the mental health challenges posed by climate change across various sociocultural contexts.

The mental health impacts of climate change across diverse global settings

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Symposium highlights the impact of climate change on mental health across diverse populations, indicating urgent need for deeper inquiry.

This research overview aims to illuminate the mental health challenges posed by climate change across various sociocultural contexts.
Examined associations among climate change anxiety and disaster preparedness in a sample from Lake County, California (N=813).
Utilized a representative U.S. sample to explore the link between climate change worry and mental health amid collective stressors (N=4,356).
Investigated the effect of rising temperatures on mental health symptoms in children in Samoa (N=429).
Significant correlations found between climate change anxiety and disaster preparedness among California residents.
Essence of climate change worry correlated with deteriorating mental health within stressful contexts in the U.S. population.
In Samoa, rising temperatures were linked to worsening mental health symptoms in children over time.

Garfin et al. (2026) studied this question.

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