Beware: climate anxiety affects mental health, especially that of kids

Panic Attacks, Insomnia, Depression, and Obsessive Thoughts: Watching the devastating effects of climate change negatively impact our mental health. As well as on Earth, of course, whose day is celebrated today. The negative influences are mainly on the mental health of adolescents. “A growing number of research shows how climate anxiety negatively affects their daily life, the way they play, eat, study and sleep,” he explains. Matteo Innocentipsychiatrist, cognitive behavioral psychotherapist and president of the Italian Climate Change Anxiety Association (AIACC), author of the volume Ecoansia.