Coping With Extreme Heat
Click on the button below to access our coping with extreme heat resources. These resources will help you, your loved ones, and those you work with to protect against extreme heat. Learn more and save a life!
Coping with Climate Distress
The climate crisis is one of the most significant psychosocial stressors of the 21st century. Access resources for children, youth, adults of all ages, and mental health clinicians on how to manage climate distress.
Smoke, Wildfires & Air Pollution
Wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe. Wildfires pose serious threats to physical and mental health and have far-reaching public health implications.
Read this powerful poem, entitled “Haze” on this topic from Serena Blacklow.
Click here to view Climate Psychology Alliance North America’s Toolkit for Supporting Youth After Wildfire.
Students at UCSF have developed a patient resource on wildfires and mental health available in three languages: English, Spanish, and Mandarin.
Children/Youth and Climate
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has an in depth Climate Change Resource Center for families and youth.
You can find answers to questions including: How can I support a child who is anxious about climate change?
There are facts for families, videos, book recommendations, research and training, and most importantly, ways of getting help.
Climate-Aware Therapist Directory
The Climate Psychiatry Alliance and Climate Psychology Alliance North America are building a directory of climate-aware mental health professionals, as a public resource.
The Handbook of Climate Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Authored by CPA founding member Dr. Beth Haase, this manual brings together a decade of thought about climate mental health. It includes a full psychological assessment of climate-related concern, techniques for how to work with climate distress, and detailed neurobiological information about how climate changes are affecting brain health and the epidemiology of psychiatric symptoms. It is a must-have manual for any mental health clinician or anyone interested in climate change and its effects on psychological well-being.
Climate & Health Organizations
Discover organizations that you can join right now as a supporting member or active leader.
Green Your Office
View This free environmental sustainability and climate change program offered by the Climate Psychiatry Alliance to members of CPA.