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Technology in Mental Health
Published Online: 12 November 2024

Digital Mental Health Innovations in the Face of Climate Change: Navigating a Sustainable Future

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Abstract

Climate change poses substantial challenges to mental health, with increased frequency of extreme weather events and environmental degradation exacerbating stress, anxiety, trauma, and existential concerns. Digital innovations, particularly artificial intelligence and digital phenotyping, offer promising avenues to mitigate climate-related mental health burdens. The integration of digital tools into climate-related mental health care necessitates careful consideration of issues of access to and adoption of solutions. Future research should evaluate the effectiveness and scalability of digital interventions to address the mental health impacts of climate change through collaborative efforts involving clinicians, environmental health specialists, bioethicists, policy makers, and technology developers.

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Received: 15 July 2024
Revision received: 5 September 2024
Accepted: 1 October 2024
Published online: 12 November 2024

Keywords

  1. artificial intelligence
  2. climate change
  3. digital interventions
  4. environment
  5. ethics
  6. prevention

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Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
Elliott M. Weiss, M.D., M.S.M.E.
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

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Send correspondence to Dr. Parnes ([email protected]). Dror Ben-Zeev, Ph.D., is editor of this column.

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The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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