How climate change can affect your mental health

Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Lise Van Susteren about climate grief: the mental and emotional toll of climate change.

Van Susteren is a psychiatrist based in Washington, D.C. and the co-founder of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance. She says the growing threat of climate change can lead to anxiety, depression, sleeplessness and other mental health issues.

This interview is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 220 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.

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