How Climate Change Affects Young People’s Mental Health in Southern China

Minna Lai; Sze-chi Huang; Tianen Chen

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How Climate Change Affects Young People’s Mental Health in Southern China

Minna Lai ¹, Sze-chi Huang *^,2, Tianen Chen ³

¹ Shanghai SMIC Private School, Shanghai, 201203, China
² Suzhou Foreign Language School, Jiangsu, 215011, China
³ Dulwich International High School Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215300, China

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/3/2022596

Abstract

We analyze the adverse impacts of extreme weather events, which frequently occur under the influence of climate change, on adolescents' mental health issues in Southern China. Further analyses on the effects of a tornado in Yancheng, Jiangsu province and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on adolescents are discussed in the paper. Potential solutions for treating mental illness include environmental improvements to upgrade psychological problems and psychological treatments to provide methods to decrease the impact of extreme weather events. The future implication and the expectation are discussed.

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Mental Health., Climate Change

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Lai,M.;Huang,S.;Chen,T. (2023). How Climate Change Affects Young People’s Mental Health in Southern China. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,3,1052-1061.

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