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Climate change rattles mental health of Inuit in Labrador

2014-01-10 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBC: Researchers studying the mental health and well-being of Inuit populations in coastal Labrador say rising temperatures are having damaging psychological effects on people in traditional communities. 'Many people said they also felt very depressed about not being able to get out there on the land'- Ashlee Cunsolo Willox, researcher for Inuit Mental Health Adaptation to Climate Change project In an interview airing on CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks on Saturday, Dr....

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Research slows on mental health drugs as...

2013-11-26 12:17:08| Biotech - Topix.net

Research into medications to treat mental health disorders, which affect almost a quarter of the US population, has slowed as major pharmaceutical companies cut back investment in this area, psychiatrists say.

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Community Mental Health Resources

2013-11-22 22:40:03| PortlandOnline

Wallet-sized card of community resources PDF Document, 128kbCategory: Mental Health Resources

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India: How climate change worries have affected mental health of Sunderbans residents

2013-08-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

First Post: A number of environmental threats including that of climate change and man-animal conflict are driving villagers in Sunderbans islands towards madness and even suicide. Putting stress on the mental health of the villagers, the ill-effects of abject poverty and deprivation in the remote islands of the UNESCO World Heritage site are compounded by acute struggle against ecological hazards, experts say. Psychiatrist Arabinda N Chowdhury, who worked with the Institute of Psychiatry in Kolkata, studied...

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Mental Health an Overlooked Casualty of Disaster

2013-08-15 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: In Lower Manhattan, two hotlines, the Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) and Project Hope, which is part of the New York City-wide helpline Lifenet, and specifically for those affected by Sandy, are at the frontline of disaster counselling, listening to myriad concerns ranging from queries about post-storm open hours of drug rehabilitation programmes to anxious parents reluctantly sending their children back to school in the days after the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting last December.Part of...

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