GEOPSYCHIATRY: CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH

Geopsychiatry: Climate change, migration, and mental health

Geopsychiatry, a newly emerging discipline within psychiatry, examines the influence of geopolitical determinants on mental health and mental illness.Geopolitical determinants include conflict and wars, global austerity, climate change, public health crises (such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)), and migration.This study focuses on the t

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Weather Information Acquisition and Health Significance during Extreme Cold Weather in a Subtropical City: A Cross-sectional Survey in Hong Kong

Abstract Health and disaster risk reduction are important and necessary components in building a smart city, especially when climate change may increase the frequency of extreme temperatures and the health risks of urban dwellers.However, limited knowledge is available about the best way to disseminate weather warnings and health protection informa

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