Session 5 Weather, Climate, and Our Mental Health

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
153B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 11th Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Kristie L. Ebi, Univ. of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle, WA

Our natural environment affects our mental health. Temperature extremes, storms, floods, and droughts are associated with increases in depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide, and substance abuse. Mental health also can be affected by climate change altering income, water, and food security, or through conflict and displacement. Climate-sensitive vectorborne diseases can contribute to cognitive, neurological, and mental health problems. This session welcomes abstracts (1) exploring the mental health consequences of weather, climate variability, and climate change; (2) describing populations particularly vulnerable or resilient to these impacts; and (3) exploring approaches to building psychosocial resilience and mental well-being.

Papers:
1:30 PM
5.1
Expressions of Resilience: Personal Responses to an Extreme Weather Event
Ashley A. Anderson, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
1:45 PM
5.2
Landslides, Displacement, and Mental Well-Being in Indonesia
Kate Burrows, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and D. Pelupessy, M. Desai, and M. L. Bell

2:00 PM
5.3
Mental Health and Heat: Risk and Mitigation in Arid and Urban Climates
Peter Crank, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and D. M. Hondula and D. J. Sailor
2:15 PM
5.4
The Interplay of Weather, Health, and Vulnerability: Psychophysiological Perspectives
Matthew J. Bolton, Saint Leo Univ., Saint Leo, FL; How The Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and H. M. Mogil
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