{"title":"The quiet crisis: environmental change and youth mental health.","authors":"L Meisner, N Chapman","doi":"10.1177/17579139251332206","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The climate and nature crises are driving a decline in the mental health of young people that cannot be ignored. While other drivers such as technology and social media use or the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns are more commonly discussed, this quiet crisis requires urgent action by charities and governments alike. We also cannot afford to dismiss the impacts of environmental change on youth mental health as 'eco-anxiety': these impacts are complex and wide-ranging.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"188-189"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Perspectives in Public Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139251332206","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/5/27 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The climate and nature crises are driving a decline in the mental health of young people that cannot be ignored. While other drivers such as technology and social media use or the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns are more commonly discussed, this quiet crisis requires urgent action by charities and governments alike. We also cannot afford to dismiss the impacts of environmental change on youth mental health as 'eco-anxiety': these impacts are complex and wide-ranging.
期刊介绍:
Perspectives in Public Health is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal. It is practice orientated and features current topics and opinions; news and views on current health issues; case studies; book reviews; letters to the Editor; as well as updates on the Society"s work. The journal also commissions articles for themed issues and publishes original peer-reviewed articles. Perspectives in Public Health"s primary aim is to be an invaluable resource for the Society"s members, who are health-promoting professionals from many disciplines, including environmental health, health protection, health and safety, food safety and nutrition, building and engineering, primary care, academia and government.