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Impact of Climate Change on Social and Mental Well-Being

  • 1st Edition - August 13, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Muskan Garg, Deepak Kumar, Debabrata Samanta, Anuradha Sathiyaseelan
  • Language: English

Impact of Climate Change on Social and Mental Well-Being, increases the awareness and understanding of how global climate change, including natural disasters, loss of habita… Read more

Description

Impact of Climate Change on Social and Mental Well-Being, increases the awareness and understanding of how global climate change, including natural disasters, loss of habitat, and displacement can affect social and mental well-being. This book provides valuable insights into the connection between environmental issues and mental health, and the long-term implications of these issues. Sections dedicated to adaptation and solutions, offer coping mechanisms and strategies for eco-anxiety and climate grief. This book also explores the social, economic, and political factors that contribute to climate change and how these factors impact human well-being.

Key features

  • Reviews the social impacts of climate change including forced migration, and social equity.
  • Outlines the links between climate change and suicidal ideation
  • Identifies coping strategies for climate-related stressors

Readership

Students and researchers in environmental psychology, applied psychology, or climate change

Table of contents

1. 5G-RF emission from wearable devices: Risk to human health and mitigation
Devasis Pradhan, Sonali Kadam and Nitin S. Goje

2. Mindfulness in the context of climate change: Roadmap for sustainability!
Sunita Dwivedi and Shinu Vig

3. Confronting the nexus of climate change: Mental health, food security, and social stability
Sheetal Kumari and Manoj Chandra Garg

4. Climate crisis chronicles: Navigating eco anxiety and climate related distress
Madhavi Sripathi and T.S. Leelavati

5. Climate change and mental health risks: A qualitative approach
U. Vijayabanu, V.D. Swaminathan and Kalpitha

6. Impact of climate adaption and resilience on mental and social wellbeing
Kiran Vazirani, Rameesha Kalra and Sunanda Vincent Jaiwant

7. Climate, agriculture, and farmer’s mental health: Unravelling the nexus in Wayanad,
Kerala Rahul R. Menon and Manjusha G. Warrier

8. The psychosocial correlates of alterations in climate among children
Alka Ranjan

9. A qualitative study on eco-anxiety, climatic change distress, climate resilience, and intentional activities among vulnerable adults
Anantharaman Seethalakshmy, P. Kaviya, Akhiya Shaji and A.B. Alaguharani

10. Green space and mental well-being research in India: An urgent need for intervention
Bidisha Banerjee, Sandhya Basu and Lokesh Kumar

11. Impact of climate change and environmental degra- dation on agriculture and the quality life of farmers: A comprehensive analysis
H. Saranya and Mahalaxmi Shivshankar Tiwari

12. Perseverance matters: Adult risk attitude toward health and psychological well-being
R. Maya, V.J. Anjana and B. Nanthini

13. Understanding public perceptions, attitudes, and awareness of air pollution and its effects on health
Renju Chandran, Bindusree A.R. and M.C. Sarath Chandran

14. Impact of environmental identity and eco-anxiety on mental health among two generation people (Gen X and Z)
SHA Showmiya and G. Sajeeth Kumar

15. The impact of climate based natural disasters on children’s mental health and wellbeing: A systematic review
D. Simona and K.S. Amritha

16. The mental health climate crisis: Unveiling the hidden consequences of global warming
Sunita Kumar, F.C.M.A. Nabanita Ghosh and Shivi Khanna

17. Unraveling the psychological toll: Understanding eco-anxiety as a consequence of climate change
Harshita Mishra and Gabriela Michael

18. Yellow leaf disease, climate change, and its impact on the life of farmers in Sullia
Akhila Chakshu Narayan

Review quotes

"This unique book takes an in-depth view on varying angles of climate change and its impact on mental wellbeing. It presents literature reviews, introduces deep dives, and explores technologies such as 5G to introduce climate change's impact on mental wellbeing. The purpose of this book is to create awareness and insight regarding the impact of climate change on the mental wellness of humans.....explores varying perspectives covering technologies, climate disasters, and food scarcities,...[and] it does an in-depth literature review to foster awareness and does a fantastic job of meeting the objectives....[It's] well-written, highly detailed, and includes extensive discussion on a variety of topics,...a worthwhile contribution that will help readers make informed conclusions and decisions regarding the impact of climate change on mental wellness." ©Doody's Book Review Service, 2025, Natasha Lukasiewich, DNP, MSN, MBA, LNC, RN (Peak Resilience Partners, LLC) Doody's Score: 91, 4 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 16, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Muskan Garg

Dr. Muskan Garg is working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. She was previously working as Postdoctoral research associate at University of Florida and as an assistant professor in Thapar institute of engineering and technology, Patiala. Her research focuses on the problems in natural language processing, information retrieval, and social media analysis. She received her Masters and PhD from Panjab University, India. Prior to TIET, she worked as an assistant professor in Amity school of engineering and technology at Amity University. Her focus is on research and development of cutting-edge NLP approaches to solving problems of national and international importance and on initiation and broadening a new program in natural language processing (including a new NLP course series). Her current research interests are causal inference, mental health on social media, event detection and sentiment analysis. She contributes as a reviewer in The ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing (TALLIP) and Expert Systems with Applications, and prestigious conferences such as ACL, ICWSM, and EACL.
Affiliations and expertise
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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Deepak Kumar

Dr. Deepak Kumar is a Research Scientist in the Atmospheric Sciences Group at Texas Tech University. He previously served as a Research Scientist at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Albany, and as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Delhi-NCR. His research focuses on geospatial sciences, computational sciences, climate change, sustainability, and the urban–climate–energy nexus. His work integrates remote sensing, geoinformatics, environmental studies, energy systems, urban weather, and climate modelling to support interdisciplinary research and policy applications. Dr. Kumar has experience in research design, data analysis, modelling, visualization, and implementation across environmental and climate-related projects. He also contributes to academic and professional activities through conference participation, outreach, training, and scholarly associations.

Affiliations and expertise
Research Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

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Debabrata Samanta

Debabrata Samanta is the Department Chair and Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing and Information Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology—RIT Tirana, Tirana, Albania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engg. in the area of SAR Image Processing. He is keenly interested in Interdisciplinary Research and development and has experience spanning fields of SAR Image Analysis, Video surveillance, a Heuristic algorithm for Image Classification, Deep Learning Framework for Detection and Classification, Blockchain, Statistical Modelling, Wireless Adhoc Networks, Natural Language Processing. He has successfully completed six Consultancy Projects. He owns 22 Patents (4 Design Indian Patents and 2 Australian patents Granted, 16 Indian Patents published) and 2 copyrights. He has authored or co-authored over 224 research papers; he has co-authored 13 books and co-edited 13 books. He has presented various papers at international conferences and received Best Paper awards. He is an IEEE Senior Member, an Associate Life Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI), and a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).
Affiliations and expertise
Department Chair and Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing and Information Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology—RIT Tirana, Tirana, Albania

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Anuradha Sathiyaseelan

Dr. Anuradha Sathiyaseelan degree in Psychology and in Rehabilitation Science from The Tamilnadu Dr.MGR Medical University from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has also completed MBA in Human Resource and Management. She has worked in the field of mental health for 25 years in various institutions’ such as Schizophrenia Research Foundations which is a WHO collaborative centre for research in mental health in India and Narayana Hrudayalaya. Presently working as a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore. She is guiding research scholars for the award of Ph.D degree in Psychology in the area Psycho Oncology, Clinical psychology, Positive psychology and Health psychology. She is serving as academic council member, member of board of examinations, member of prestigious institutions such as World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) APA, SRA and other universities.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore, India

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