Climate Distress

Academic Articles

Climate anxiety: Psychological responses to climate change - Susan Clayton, 2020

Development and validation of a measure of climate change anxiety - Susan Clayton & Bryan T. Karazsia, 2020

Climate Change and Mental Health - Susan Clayton, 2020

Toward a Taxonomy of Climate Emotions - Panu Pihkala

Chronic Mental Health Sequelae of Climate Change Extremes: A Case Study of the Deadliest Californian Wildfire - Silveira et al., 2021 (Authors include Jyoti Mishra)

Harnessing the mental imprints of climate change for collective climate action - Jyoti Mishra & Veerabhadran Ramanathan, 2023

Differences in interference processing and frontal brain function with climate trauma from California’s deadliest wildfire - Grennan et al., 2023 (Authors include Jyoti Mishra)

Eco-anxiety and the influence of climate change on future planning is greater for young US residents with direct exposure to climate impacts - Vercammen et al., 2023 (Authors include Britt Wray)

News Articles

For Gen Z, Climate Change Is a Heavy Emotional Burden - Richard Schiffman

Your Crushing Anxiety About the Climate Crisis Is Normal - Antonia Mufarech

Books

Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis – Britt Wray

Working With Clients Experiencing Climate Distress - Leslie Davenport & Wendy Greenspun

Emotional resiliency in the era of climate change: A clinician's guide -Leslie Davenport

Generation dread: finding purpose in an age of climate crisis - Britt Wray

Coping with Climate Distress

All the feelings under the sun: How to deal with climate change - Leslie Davenport

3 surprising ways to cope with climate change - Rebecca Ruiz

What to Do With Dread and Anxiety About Climate Change - Jamie Hansen

Videos

How climate change affects your mental health - Britt Wray

Keeping cool amid the climate crisis - Britt Wray

Emotional and Psychological Resilience to Current and Looming Crises - Leslie Davenport