Climate psychosis
Climate change delusion was proposed in 2008 by some clinicians to describe delusions (fixed, firm, irrational beliefs) about the personal impact one has on climate change.[1] It is used to describe irrational hysteria, delusions, anxiety, psychotic tendencies or depression related to environmental or climate changes. A case was described by Australian psychiatrists in 2008 where a patient refused to drink water because he felt guilty about the effect it might have on the planet.[1][2] The patient thought millions of people could die.[1] The case was diagnosed to be major depressive disorder with psychotic features, however there had been no previously reported delusions in relation to climate change.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor any Drop to Drink: Climate Change Delusion". Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 42 (4): 350–350. April 2008. doi:10.1080/00048670701881603. ISSN 0004-8674.
- ↑ Marshall, Konrad (13 August 2014). "A climate of despair". The Age.
Six years ago, a dehydrated 17-year-old boy was brought into the Royal Children’s Hospital, refusing to drink water. He believed having a drink would somehow contribute to the global shortage of potable water, and became the first diagnosed case of “climate change delusion”.
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