News

Mass. psychologist on the impact climate change has on mental health

WCVB · last updated

Mass. psychologist on the impact climate change has on mental health

WCVB logo

Updated: 7:15 PM EDT Jun 7, 2025

Some experts have said climate change is making it harder for people to “keep their cool” and affecting their mental health. NewsCenter 5 spoke to Dr. James McKowen, a psychologist and co-chair of the Climate and Mental Health Initiative at Mass. General Hospital, to learn more.

NEEDHAM, Mass. —

Some experts have said climate change is making it harder for people to “keep their cool” and affecting their mental health. NewsCenter 5 spoke to Dr. James McKowen, a psychologist and co-chair of the Climate and Mental Health Initiative at Mass. General Hospital, to learn more.

View full article

here today, more tomorrow

We’ve launched briefing.center with a focus on the press and media.

And we’ve added Citizen Cartwright, a daily quick-read news summary by veteran Washington journalist Linda Cartwright. We’ve also created a new voting rights knowledge center for Citizen Cartwright subscribers. (You can sign up for a dedicated morning email at citizencartwright.com.)

You can sign up here for full access to press and media and Citizen Cartwright on briefing.center.

You can use briefing.center as the center of your information management, or just one of your tools. We’re happy to discuss your information needs.

Sign up