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The climate crisis and forensic mental healthcare: what are we doing?

The climate crisis and forensic mental healthcare: what are we doing?

Tomlin, Jack ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7610-7918 (2020) The climate crisis and forensic mental healthcare: what are we doing? BJPsych Bulletin, 45 (1). pp. 5-7. ISSN 2056-4694 (Print), 2056-4708 (Online) (doi:10.1192/bjb.2020.36)

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Abstract

The climate crisis poses the greatest threat to human health this century. Mental health services will be called on to address the psychological consequences of its effects on peoples’ lives, particularly the socially disadvantaged and those on low incomes. However, healthcare systems are also contributors to the climate crisis. This editorial discusses how services can continue to provide care while contributing less to climate change. Specifically, it suggests what services such as forensic mental healthcare, which is constrained by legal, political and resourcing concerns, can do differently.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: forensic mental health services; climate crisis; sustainability; climate action; sustainable mental health.
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC)
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2023 16:40
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/38120

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