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Climate change strains not just the body but also the mind, warn experts
By Kushagra Bhardwaj||3 min read at Deccan Herald
In brief
A policy brief from the Earth–Brain–Health Commission, published in Nature Mental Health, warns that climate change poses significant risks to mental health and brain function, including anxiety, depression, and cognitive decline.
Dr. Vivek Benegal, the only Indian commissioner, explains both sudden disasters and slow environmental degradation as causes, citing examples from the Sundarbans and Bengaluru.
The article notes that governments are not keeping pace with these challenges and calls for better coordination between climate, planning, disaster, and health systems.
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Bengaluru: While climate change is often understood to harm only people’s physical health, a new policy brief from the Earth–Brain–Health Commission highlights that it is also raising risks to mental health and brain function, and governments are not keeping pace.
The policy brief, published in Nature Mental Health, was framed over two years by a commission made up of experts in psychiatry, neuroscience, climate science and public health from across the world. It reviewed existing research and found links between environmental pressures and higher risks of anxiety, depression, trauma-related disorders and cognitive decline, providing a roadmap for governments across the globe to deal with the crisis.
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