Almost 20 Years Ago, a Mid-Career Psychiatrist Started Thinking About Climate Anxiety and Mental Health

Inside Climate News · By Nina Dietz · last updated August 13, 2024 – 1:07 AM

Now, Lise van Susteren has helped organize two professional organizations, surveyed thousands of children and concluded that it’s perfectly normal to be freaked out.

By Nina Dietz

In the early years, Dr. Lise van Susteren, a psychiatrist, struggled to find anyone in the therapy community receptive to exploring the ways in which climate change was affecting mental health in America.

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