Eco-anxiety disorder has been a common occurrence in psychology and psychiatry clinics. Patients have presented with the traditional symptoms of anxiety, depression and panic disorder as a result of the stress caused by news about climate change. The International Psychoanalytic Association recognizes climate change as “the greatest global health threat of the 21st century.”
The magazine Psychology Today described eco-anxiety as “a fairly recent psychological disorder that affects a growing number of individuals who are concerned about the environmental crisis.” London-based psychologist Roxana Rudzik-Shaw told NetDoctor that millennials are the most common sufferers of eco-anxiety. They may already have previous anxiety symptoms, which can be made worse by news, images and videos shared on social media and in the media in general.
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