It's Christmas! To celebrate we're cracking open a morning brew and discussing the latest frontier in mental health. We discuss recent research into how the natural environment effects our mental health and how climate change may shape the future of the mental health sector.

Some further reading!

Systematic literature review on the impact on Climate Change on Mental Health:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00074/full

Ecological Grief:

https://theconversation.com/i-felt-immense-grief-one-year-on-from-the-bushfires-scientists-need-mental-health-support-148251

Longitudinal study of mental health when movie to and from greener urban areas:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es403688w

Scoping review exploring “Screen time” and “Green time” for children:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237725

Importance of nature for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic:

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2248

Links between climate change, environmental pollution, COVID-19 and Mental Health:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721002485

Statistical analysis linking climate to suicide rates and economic variables:

https://annals-general-psychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2

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