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Climate change isn't just bad for humans, it's bad for our mental health as well, according to a new report from Imperial College London.
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at the effects of climate change on the mental health of people in low- and middle-income countries.
It found that the effects of extreme weather, such as droughts and flooding, are already having an impact on mental health, and that they will only get worse if we don't act on climate change, the Guardian reports.
Researchers found that people in low- and middle-income countries are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, and PTSD than people in wealthier countries, and that the effects of climate change are already being felt in their daily lives.
"The link between mental health and climate change is already well established," the lead researcher tells the Guardian.
"It's just a question of when and how."
Researchers found that people in low- and middle-income countries are more likely to live in extreme weather, have more medical conditions related to climate change, and are more likely to die in extreme weather.
They also found that people in low- and middle-income countries are more likely to live in poverty, have Read the Entire Article
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