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Monsell, A., Krzanowski, J., Page, L., Cuthbert, S., & Harvey, G. (2021). What mental health professionals and organisations should do to address climate change. BJPsych bulletin, 45(4), 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.17
Monsell, Adam, et al. "What mental health professionals and organisations should do to address climate change." BJPsych bulletin vol. 45,4 (2021): 215-221. doi: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2021.17
Monsell A, Krzanowski J, Page L, Cuthbert S, Harvey G. What mental health professionals and organisations should do to address climate change. BJPsych Bull. 2021 Aug;45(4):215-221. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2021.17. PMID: 33947498; PMCID: PMC8499631.
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BJPsych Bull. 2021 Aug;45(4):215-221. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2021.17.

What mental health professionals and organisations should do to address climate change.

BJPsych bulletin

Adam Monsell, Jacob Krzanowski, Lisa Page, Sharon Cuthbert, Guy Harvey

Affiliations

  1. Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, UK.
  2. South London and Maudsley Mental Health NHS Trust, UK.
  3. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
  4. Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

PMID: 33947498 PMCID: PMC8499631 DOI: 10.1192/bjb.2021.17

Abstract

AIMS AND METHOD: The climate change emergency is also a mental healthcare emergency. We seek to provide a framework for what mental health professionals and organisations should do to make their practice more sustainable.

RESULTS: There are ethical, legal and organisational imperatives to make mental healthcare more sustainable. Mental healthcare must be refocused with an emphasis on prevention, building social capital and community resilience. Patients must be empowered to manage their own mental health. Efficiencies should be found within the system. Low-carbon ways to deliver care must be found, measured and improved upon. Greater adaptability needs to be built into the system to mitigate the impact of climate change. Sustainability should be integrated into training programmes, and good examples of practice shared and celebrated.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Mental health organisations and individuals must act now to prevent and adapt for the climate and ecological emergency. Sustainable practice is also good practice.

Keywords: Sustainability; carbon footprint; climate change; mental health; psychiatry

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