Heat and mental ill-health – evidence, patient care and prevention

About

This webinar will be led by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, in partnership with Doctors for the Environment Australia. The session will cover:

• Evidence on links between hot weather and mental ill-health*
• The science of how heat causes serious medical illness 
• Evidence-based practical tips to reduce heat-related illness
• Insights from the largest survey on heat and health in Australia and community-led solutions
• Healthcare professionals' role in responding to the evidence and rising mental ill-health with increasing hot weather. 

Please note: the impacts of concern or distress about climate change will not be covered in this webinar, this topic is about the evidence, clinical relevance and preventative actions in response to links between excessive heat, mental ill-health and heat-related medical illness in people with mental illness.  

Additional resources on climate distress are listed at the end of Doctors for the Environment Australia’s How Climate Change Affects Mental Health in Australia report

Additional resources on climate and health are also available from Oro Taiao in Aotearoa New Zealand

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