Climate Events, Displacement, and Mental Health-Uprooted

Lisa R Fortuna; Aida Jimenez; Michelle V Porche

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3561

Climate Events, Displacement, and Mental Health-Uprooted

JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Jan 1;81(1):5-6. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3561.

Authors

Lisa R Fortuna^{1

2}, Aida Jimenez³, Michelle V Porche¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.
² now with Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

PMID: 37966826
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3561

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the implications of climate event–related disasters and displacement as well as strategies for mitigating their mental health effects.

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Humans
Mental Health*