‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress

Williams, Marc O., Samuel, Victoria M., Whitmarsh, Lorraine, Poortinga, Wouter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6926-8545, Jenkins, Christine and Constable, Chloe 2024. ‘There’s no helpline’: how mental health services can support young people with climate distress. Cogent Mental Health 3 (1) , 2409815. 10.1080/28324765.2024.2409815

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Abstract

Climate distress in young people is very likely to increase in coming years, and young people’s mental health services need to be prepared to meet the demand. This paper reports a qualitative pilot study to establish the views of three stakeholder groups involved in youth mental health counselling services in England: young people, mental health counsellors, and strategic partners. We find broad agreement amongst youth mental health service users and providers that climate distress comprises a range of emotional responses to climate change, including anxiety, hopelessness, isolation, guilt and injustice, exacerbated by developmental, social and informational contexts. Service providers can support young people by surfacing, validating, and channelling these emotional responses, but they themselves need training and support to do this effectively.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture Psychology
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Start Date: 2024-10-01
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 October 2024
Date of Acceptance:	23 September 2024
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2024 09:18
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173219

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