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Climate Change and Mental Health: Research, Practice, and Policy Perspectives
Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to Online Learning
Examines mental health concepts of disorder, distress, well-being, and resilience in the context of climate change. Focuses on research, policy, and practice perspectives on 1) climate change exposures and their impacts on mental health and well-being, 2) social and environmental justice in climate change and mental health, 3) resilience, psychosocial adaptation, and action. Presents data on direct and indirect mental health and psychosocial impacts of chronic and acute climate change exposures. Discusses inequalities in climate change impacts on mental health with examples from across local and global contexts. Explores individual and community-level resilience, psychosocial adaptation, and areas of priority action
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- 1.Explain the impacts of climate change on mental health and psychosocial well-being across varying chronic and acute climate change exposures.
- 2.Identify inequalities in the impacts of climate change on mental health and psychosocial well-being globally and locally.
- 3.Define psychosocial adaptation.
- 4.Identify opportunities for climate change and mental health action within research, policy, and practice.
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 25% LiveTalks
- 30% Discussion
- 45% Assignments