{"id":33,"date":"2020-06-05T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/eccmh\/front-matter\/introduction-2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T18:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T22:23:25","slug":"introduction-2","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/eccmh\/front-matter\/introduction-2\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"The Anthropocene is \u201can unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth\u2019s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet\u2019s climate and ecosystems\" (National Geographic, n.d). Unfortunately, human dominance over Earth's biophysical processes has evoked negative emotional responses due to the scale of environmental change (Albrecht, 2019; 2020).\r\n\r\nIn today's world, many individuals suffer from feelings of being emotionally lost and trapped within social and political systems that hurt our environment (Albrecht, 2019). Consequently, despite many people in the Global North living lives of material affluence, many do so at the expense of their emotional and mental wellbeing.\r\n\r\nThough the research literature on climate change and mental health is nascent, evidence suggests that there will be an increase in the prevalence and incidence of psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, and suicide (Cianconi, Betr\u00f2 &amp; Janiri, 2020; Clayton et. al, 2017). Other major epidemiological trends include \u201chigher rates of aggression and violence, more mental health emergencies, an increased sense of helplessness, hopelessness, or fatalism, and intense feelings of loss\u201d (Clayton et. al, 2017, p. 4). These feelings of loss, helplessness and hopelessness are related to a phenomenon known as psychoterratic syndromes. \u201cPsychoterratic syndromes\u201d is an umbrella term that includes a number of mental states that can be conceptualized as \u201cEarth emotions\u201d (Albrecht, 2019). Such conditions refer to the relationship between our minds and our planet and includes phenomena such as: eco-anxiety, eco-paralysis and ecological grief.\r\n<h1>References<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Albrecht, G. A. (2020). Negating solastalgia: An emotional revolution from the anthropocene to\r\nthe symbiocene. <em>American Imago, 77<\/em>(1), 9-30. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/aim.2020.0001<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Albrecht, G. (2019). <em>Earth emotions: New words for a new world<\/em>. Cornell University Press.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cianconi, P., Betr\u00f2, S., &amp; Janiri, L. (2020). The impact of climate change on mental health: A\r\nsystematic descriptive review. <em>Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11<\/em>(74) 1-15.\r\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyt.2020.00074<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Clayton, S., Manning, C. M., Krygsman, K., &amp; Speiser, M. (2017). M<em>ental Health and Our Changing<\/em>\r\n<em>Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance<\/em>. American Psychological Association, and\r\necoAmerica. https:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/2017\/03\/mental-health-climate.pdf<\/li>\r\n \t<li>National Geographic. (n.d.). <em>Anthropocene<\/em>. In Nationalgeographic.org encyclopedia. Retrieved\r\nMarch 11, 2022, from https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/encyclopedia\/anthropocene\/<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>The Anthropocene is \u201can unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth\u2019s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet\u2019s climate and ecosystems&#8221; (National Geographic, n.d). Unfortunately, human dominance over Earth&#8217;s biophysical processes has evoked negative emotional responses due to the scale of environmental change (Albrecht, 2019; 2020).<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s world, many individuals suffer from feelings of being emotionally lost and trapped within social and political systems that hurt our environment (Albrecht, 2019). Consequently, despite many people in the Global North living lives of material affluence, many do so at the expense of their emotional and mental wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>Though the research literature on climate change and mental health is nascent, evidence suggests that there will be an increase in the prevalence and incidence of psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, and suicide (Cianconi, Betr\u00f2 &amp; Janiri, 2020; Clayton et. al, 2017). Other major epidemiological trends include \u201chigher rates of aggression and violence, more mental health emergencies, an increased sense of helplessness, hopelessness, or fatalism, and intense feelings of loss\u201d (Clayton et. al, 2017, p. 4). These feelings of loss, helplessness and hopelessness are related to a phenomenon known as psychoterratic syndromes. \u201cPsychoterratic syndromes\u201d is an umbrella term that includes a number of mental states that can be conceptualized as \u201cEarth emotions\u201d (Albrecht, 2019). Such conditions refer to the relationship between our minds and our planet and includes phenomena such as: eco-anxiety, eco-paralysis and ecological grief.<\/p>\n<h1>References<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Albrecht, G. A. (2020). Negating solastalgia: An emotional revolution from the anthropocene to<br \/>\nthe symbiocene. <em>American Imago, 77<\/em>(1), 9-30. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/aim.2020.0001<\/li>\n<li>Albrecht, G. (2019). <em>Earth emotions: New words for a new world<\/em>. Cornell University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Cianconi, P., Betr\u00f2, S., &amp; Janiri, L. (2020). The impact of climate change on mental health: A<br \/>\nsystematic descriptive review. <em>Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11<\/em>(74) 1-15.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyt.2020.00074<\/li>\n<li>Clayton, S., Manning, C. M., Krygsman, K., &amp; Speiser, M. (2017). M<em>ental Health and Our Changing<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance<\/em>. American Psychological Association, and<br \/>\necoAmerica. https:\/\/www.apa.org\/news\/press\/releases\/2017\/03\/mental-health-climate.pdf<\/li>\n<li>National Geographic. (n.d.). <em>Anthropocene<\/em>. In Nationalgeographic.org encyclopedia. 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