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A new UK report examines the growing evidence for a connection between climate change and mental health.

Extreme weather harms mental health, affecting vulnerable populations most severely.

Farmers and youth are particularly vulnerable to mental health impacts of climate change.

Psychological interventions can help reduce PTSD, depression, and anxiety linked to climate change.

The UK Government recently released a report into the effects of climate change on the mental health and well-being of its citizens, and it is not a happy read. It found that extreme weather events such as flooding and heat were the biggest climate change-related issues. It also found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that those issues were especially troublesome to the more vulnerable, including those who w

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