Climate Change and Risk of Completed Suicide
Caroline Dumont, Elizabeth Haase, Trygve Dolber, Janet M. Lewis, John Coverdale
Abstract
Climate change is increasingly recognized as having multiple adverse mental health effects, many of which are just beginning to be understood. The elevated rates of suicides observed in some communities affected by climate change and rising rates of suicide in the United States as climate change intensifies have suggested the two may be associated. We searched PubMed and PsycInfo using the terms climate change and suicide, and provide here a review of the current literature on climate change and suicide that explores possible associations and methodological issues and challenges in this research.
Topics & Concepts
Climate changePsycINFOSuicide ratesMental healthSuicide preventionAbrupt climate changeGeographyPsychologyPoison controlEnvironmental healthPolitical scienceMedicineMEDLINEEffects of global warmingGlobal warmingPsychiatryEcologyBiologyLawClimate Change and Health ImpactsAir Quality and Health ImpactsClimate Change and Geoengineering