In today’s episode, Margaret and Preston are joined by pediatrician and child psychiatrist Elizabeth Pinsky, MD. Dr. Pinsky works as a pediatric consult-liaison psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and her clinical interests lie at the intersection of child mental and physical health, including childhood trauma associated with medical care, fostering resilience in medically ill children, and climate change.
In this episode, we discuss the current understanding of climate change on mental health and wellbeing for all, why “climate anxiety” locates the problem in the wrong place, and how healthcare workers can help in collective action to improve the climate’s health to improve all our health.
Noted articles:
Thermoregulation in Schizophrenia as a sign article: Redundant clothing: A readily observable marker for schizophrenia in the psychiatric emergency room population. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/000579169390007J
Climate communicator recommended: https://www.katharinehayhoe.com/
Resources Referenced:
https://www.climatepsychology.us/
https://www.climatepsychiatry.org/
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Chapters:
00:00 Anger Fuels Action
00:53 Meet Dr Pinsky
04:45 Climate In The Clinic
08:55 IPCC Panic Moment
12:58 Explaining Climate Harm
15:35 Heat And Mental Illness
21:35 Air Pollution And Trauma
26:33 Solastalgia Explained
27:39 Climate Anxiety Critique
30:29 Blame Fossil Fuels
32:26 Carbon Footprint Distraction
37:07 Healthcare Climate Action
42:30 Policy Wish List
45:05 Hopeful Coping Wrap Up
