‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress
Climate distress in young people is very likely to increase in coming years, and young people’s mental health services need to be prepared to meet the demand. This paper reports a qualitative pilot study to establish the views of three stakeholder groups involved in youth mental health counselling s...
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| description | Climate distress in young people is very likely to increase in coming years, and young people’s mental health services need to be prepared to meet the demand. This paper reports a qualitative pilot study to establish the views of three stakeholder groups involved in youth mental health counselling services in England: young people, mental health counsellors, and strategic partners. We find broad agreement amongst youth mental health service users and providers that climate distress comprises a range of emotional responses to climate change, including anxiety, hopelessness, isolation, guilt and injustice, exacerbated by developmental, social and informational contexts. Service providers can support young people by surfacing, validating, and channelling these emotional responses, but they themselves need training and support to do this effectively. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6a42ae3469a84b818da2a6e133c4efbf2024-12-09T07:26:49ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Mental Health2832-47652024-12-013112110.1080/28324765.2024.2409815‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distressMarc O. Williams0Victoria M. Samuel1Lorraine Whitmarsh2Wouter Poortinga3Christine Jenkins4Chloe Constable5School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UKSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UKClimate distress in young people is very likely to increase in coming years, and young people’s mental health services need to be prepared to meet the demand. This paper reports a qualitative pilot study to establish the views of three stakeholder groups involved in youth mental health counselling services in England: young people, mental health counsellors, and strategic partners. We find broad agreement amongst youth mental health service users and providers that climate distress comprises a range of emotional responses to climate change, including anxiety, hopelessness, isolation, guilt and injustice, exacerbated by developmental, social and informational contexts. Service providers can support young people by surfacing, validating, and channelling these emotional responses, but they themselves need training and support to do this effectively.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28324765.2024.2409815Climate distressclimate anxietyeco-anxietyyoung peoplemental health services |
| spellingShingle | Marc O. Williams Victoria M. Samuel Lorraine Whitmarsh Wouter Poortinga Christine Jenkins Chloe Constable ‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress Cogent Mental Health Climate distress climate anxiety eco-anxiety young people mental health services |
| title | ‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress |
| title_full | ‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress |
| title_fullStr | ‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress |
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| title_short | ‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress |
| title_sort | there s no helpline how mental health services can support young people with climate distress |
| topic | Climate distress climate anxiety eco-anxiety young people mental health services |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28324765.2024.2409815 |
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