Get Started With
The Climate Psychiatry Alliance

• Officially sign up as a member. While signing up, opt into our listserv and monthly newsletter to receive up-to-the-minute communications and connect with our community.

• Follow us on BlueSky, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn, and Facebook

• Consider joining the Early Career Network(We count anyone who is new to climate and mental health as early career!)

  • Attend an Early Career Network meeting to learn about climate psychiatry, get connected, and find a way to help! We host Journal Clubs, Speakers' Circle Discussions, and Climate Talks at our monthly meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. All are welcome!

• Donate to CPA, so we can keep growing

• Use Your Voice:

  • Join our Climate and Mental Health Slide Deck Repository where you can find climate and mental health-focused presentations to draw inspiration from or contribute your own slide deck to the repository for others to learn from.

• Ask us about our Midwest Regional Group!

  • Interested in connecting with those in the midwest?

  • Contact Zoe at membershipcoordinator@climatepsychiatry.org

• Connect with CPA Members through engaging forums

  • CPA frequently offers virtual programing which anyone can join. Topics include:

    • Journal Club, Topical Presentations, Book Club, Film Discussion, Poetry Group, Game Night, and more!

    • We welcome hosts: if YOU have a passion topic you would like integrate into a program, email Zoe!

    • Follow the listserv and monthly newsletter for these events.

Join Our Working Groups:

Indicate your interest in joining one of our working groups at membershipcoordinator@climatepsychiatry.org

Outreach & Advocacy Working Group

Consistent with our growing focus on activism, the O&A group is actively working to create a better and affect change.

In a joint effort of the CPA and CPA- NA, a group of interested mental health professionals at various levels in their careers formed the “Outreach and Advocacy Committee.” - The committee is dedicated to expanding the role of MHPs on the climate crisis by initiating ways to affect change. by sharing our knowledge and unique skills We are working in several key domains: in government, with social interest groups, and by providing online resources.

Our current activities include:

• Development of a template calling for state government to address extreme weather events, the resulting emotional toll (particularly on young people) and the mental health services that will be needed now and in the future. A bill supporting our efforts will soon be dropped in MA; the mobilization is in early phases in other states.

• A call for state cabinet level climate solutions offices. Representatives from the O/A will be briefing the new cabinet level climate chief in MA.

• Establishment of a climate hotline: we are working within an existing structure “211.com” to provide help responding to climate emergencies and to build resilience with resources on ways to take action.

• Providing an online resource: the Ecopsychepedia (EPP) is a newly launched resource for the public which addresses “all things” climate and mental health. Check it out! (ask us how you can contribute your work or help in other ways)

Consider Joining the growing group of climate activists in O/A- because we know we are stronger, louder and smarter together! First and third Mondays 8 ET. Contact Shana Rose (shanaro931@gmail.com) to be added to our email list.

Speakers’ Group

Find opportunities to present on climate mental health topics via requests to our organization here! We have a specialized listserv for sharing speaking opportunities. Want to develop your skills in speaking on climate and mental health topics? Be a mentee or mentor. This is the place for you!

Communication Working Group

The communications group focuses on using social media as a way to engage and communicate with not only CPA members but with the public as a whole.

We are always looking for new and effective communication strategies. We welcome your ideas!

Writers’ Working Group

The writers group is dedicated to developing and reviewing materials to inform psychiatrists, psychiatry trainees, and the general public about the effects of climate on mental health. Our current effort includes submissions to various educational projects, such as Ecopsychepedia, trade journal articles, Psychiatric News, Psychiatry Times, and more!

Membership Event Planning

Have an idea for a webinar, journal/book club or like planning these types of events? We welcome your ideas!

Fundraising and Grantmaking

If you have specific skills in grantmaking or want to host/plan a fundraiser, please email membershipcoordinator@climatepsychiatry.org