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All of this evidence suggests a link between geophysical climate change and detrimental effects on mental health. Recently, however, there is increasing attention to the possibility of a more indirect effect: anxiety associated with perceptions about climate change, even among people who have not personally experienced any direct impacts.

-Susan Clayton, in “Climate Anxiety: Psychological Responses to Climate Change.” Journal of Anxiety Disorders 74 (August):102263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102263.