Full Description
Climate change is the biggest threat of our century, one that will impact every aspect of children's lives: their physical, emotional, moral, financial, and social health and well-being. The relationship between the climate crisis and mental health in young people is therefore by definition multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural, requiring multiple perspectives on how to understand and guide younger generations. This book provides a unique synthesis of those perspectives - the science, psychology, and social forces that can be brought to bear on supporting young people's psychological well-being. No matter the setting in which an adult may interact with younger people, this book provides the intellectual rigor and tools to ensure those interactions are as helpful and supportive as they can be.
Contents
Part I. Conceptual Foundations of Climate Distress in Young People: 1. Climate Distress Among Young People: An Overview Susan Clayton and Tara Crandon; 2. Definitions and Conceptualizations of Climate Distress: An International Perspective Panu Pihkala; 3. Psychiatric Perspectives on Youth Climate Distress: Using the Biopsychosocio-environmental Knowledge Base to Understand and Assess for Clinical Level Symptoms Elizabeth Haase; 4. Developmental Perspectives on Understanding and Responding to Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change on Young People Francis Vergunst and Helen Berry; 5. Neuropsychiatric Perspectives on the Biology of Anxiety and Youth Climate Distress Jacob Lee and Anthony Guerrero; 6. Psychoanalytic and Relational Perspectives on Youth Climate Distress Archana Varma Caballero and Janet Lewis; 7. Understanding the Role of Trauma and Dissociation in Youth Responses to Climate Crises: Eco-Neglect as Institutional Abuse Karen Hopenwasser; 8. Cognitive Behavioral Principles for Conceptualizing Young People's Eco-emotions and Eco-distress Elizabeth Marks and Kelsey Hudson; 9. A Research Agenda for Young People's Psychological Response to Climate Change Joshua Wortzel; Part II. Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Youth Climate Distress: 10. Therapists' Perspectives: Psychotherapeutic Techniques with Applicability to Climate Distress Elizabeth Allured and Barbara Easterlin; 11. Ecological and Intersectional Approaches to Reduce Young Adults' Climate Distress: Reflections from a Work that Reconnects Program Aravinda Ananda and Margaret Babbott; 12. Pediatricians' Perspectives: Youth Climate Distress in the Pediatric Setting Samantha Ahdoot; 13. A Legal Perspective on Judicial Remedies to Respond to Young People's Climate Distress.
