S2216: Understanding Climate Anxiety and What Pediatricians Can Do

Saturday, October 8, 2022

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM US PDT

Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 251-252A

CME: 1.00

Topic(s): Environmental Health and Climate Change; Mental Health; Disaster Preparedness

Concern about climate change – “climate anxiety” – results in distress and anger in youths. Faculty will review the relationship between climate change concerns and adverse mental health effects, strategies to elicit adolescents’ perspectives, and ways to discuss positive action steps. Faculty will include perspectives of youth climate advocates.

Faculty(s)

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Rebecca Philipsborn, MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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David J. Schonfeld, MD

Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Pasadena, California, United States

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