MENTAL DISORDERS EMERGING FROM THE CLIMATE CHANGE: A NEED TO MITIGATE THE ECO-ANXIETIES

Abstract

The climate of Pakistan is vulnerable and there is a strong need to initiate awareness and emergency preparedness regarding greenhouse gas emission. In Pakistan, the data is scarce related to mental illness from extreme weather and climate. Mental health issues resulted from hot weather during extreme heat waves should be evaluated. Global warming from climate change is an emerging threat to both urban and rural populations. There is a strong need to evaluate mental or neurological complications which are emerging from disastrous environmental circumstances for public health. Good environmental conditions are suggested for good mental and neurological status in humans and to avoid detrimental impacts. The implicated methods, models, and technologies should be implemented in Pakistan to deal with the mental health threats posed by the severe environmental climate conditions. The awareness and effective training programs should be conducted in Pakistan to mitigate climate change impacts by limiting dependence on fossil-fuel use, using energy-efficient devices, reducing carbon footprints, and mitigating associated health issues. An eco-framework should be planned to provide all relevant guidelines to mitigate the impacts of severe climate change conditions. We emphasize presenting and preparing national reports indicating mental disorders, which are emerging from the climate-change and varied global warming patterns in the regions. This article is probing to document the mental issues arising from climate heat variation patterns, but would also indicate the appropriate preparedness from this emerging issue from the climate changes. We should take part to reduce human mental impacts of the adverse climate through public awareness programs