Climate-related disasters increasingly threaten mental well-being, yet mental health remains insufficiently integrated

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Sourced from the future work and stated research gap and abstract and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 1 times in total.

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• Climate change and mental health burden among caregivers in California (2026) · The Gerontologist · doi

  These findings point to several priorities for strengthening cli- mate resilience in ways that better support caregivers. Future research should investigate how caregiving responsibilities in- tersect with structural disadvantages to shape climate-related mental health outcomes, using longitudinal and mixed-method designs to illuminate temporal dynamics and lived experiences. 8 The Gerontologist, 2026, Vol. 66, Issue 6 Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression of factors associated with climate-related mental health harm among adults who experienced climate event—(California Health Interview Survey, 2023).a Table 3 (continued)

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  Keywords: climate health related mental point several priorities strengthening mate resilience ways better support caregivers future
• Climate change and the collective: understanding climate change through the lens of collective trauma and ecological systems theory (2026) · Frontiers in Conservation Science · doi

  The collective nature of climate change is undertheorized and understudied. There is a lack of understanding of the collective impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing. Existing literature predominantly captures individual psychopathological impacts, with limited understanding of the collective nature of climate change.

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  Keywords: collective nature climate change undertheorized understudied there lack
• Integrating mental health aspects into disaster and climate risk management strategies: policy lessons from cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe (2026) · Frontiers in Human Dynamics · doi

  Introduction Climate-related disasters increasingly threaten mental well-being, yet mental health remains insufficiently integrated into disaster risk reduction and climate change response strategies in many low- and middle-income countries, including Zimbabwe.

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  Keywords: climate mental introduction related disasters increasingly threaten well health remains insufficiently integrated disaster risk reduction
• Climate change and the collective: understanding climate change through the lens of collective trauma and ecological systems theory (2026) · Frontiers in Conservation Science · doi

  Further research is needed to understand the collective impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing. Studies should examine the effectiveness of interventions at multiple levels (individual, family, community, society) in addressing the collective impacts of climate change. Research should investigate the role of intersectionality in understanding the collective impacts of climate change.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further research needed understand collective impacts climate change
• Drought amplifies the psychological burden of war (2026) · Nature Sustainability · cited 1× · doi

  Further research is needed to examine the relationship between drought and psychological burden in other contexts. Research should investigate the potential mechanisms by which drought affects psychological burden. Studies should explore the effectiveness of policy approaches that integrate mental health into climate adaptation and humanitarian response.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further research needed examine relationship between drought psychological

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