GH024
Mental Health Impacts of Specific Climate Hazards: Risks, Responses, and Resilience in a Changing Climate
Session ID#: 250411
Session Description:
As climate change accelerates, its toll on psychological well-being toll is increasingly evident, especially in regions repeatedly exposed to specific natural hazards. While all-hazard frameworks have traditionally guided disaster mental health planning, there is growing recognition of the need to address specific risks like tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, and extreme heat. This is especially relevant in the U.S. Deep South, where these hazards are intensifying in frequency, severity, and psychological impact. This session invites research examining the mental health consequences of distinct climate-related hazards. We welcome interdisciplinary abstracts focused on individual hazard types, multi-hazard comparisons, or methods for hazard-specific risk assessment and mental health surveillance. Topics may include trauma, PTSD, eco-anxiety, displacement, and strategies for building psychological resilienceâparticularly in underserved or high-risk populations. This session highlights how specific weather hazards impact psychological well-being in the U.S., and promotes prevention, targeted preparedness, risk-informed planning, and community resilience amid escalating threats.
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Index Terms:
0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
4330 Vulnerability [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4332 Disaster resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener: Azar Abadi, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Department, Birmingham, AL, United States
Conveners: Dennis P. Stolle, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, United States and Daniel Dodgen, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC, United States
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Heat exposure and household energy insecurity associations with maternal mental health and child developmental delay in two U.S. cities (1860327)
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba1, Charlotte Robbins2, M. Patricia Fabian2, Sharon Coleman3, Megan Sandel4, Eduardo Ochoa Jr5, Diana Cutts6, Félice Lê-Scherban7, Ana Poblacion4, Deborah A Frank8 and Kevin Lane2, (1)Boston University School of Public Health, Health Law, Policy & Management, Arlington, United States, (2)Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, United States, (3)Boston University School of Public Health, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston, United States, (4)Boston Medical Center, Pediatrics, Boston, United States, (5)University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States, (6)Hennepin Healthcare, Pediatrics, Minneapolis, United States, (7)Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, United States, (8)Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Boston, United States
The Impact of Cyclone Freddy on Maternal Mental Health and Child Development (1876079)
Andrea Buchwald1, Megan Kowalcyk2, Maria Crespo-Llado3, Miriam Laufer1, Melissa Gladstone3 and The REFINE Study Team, (1)University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, Baltimore, United States, (2)Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States, (3)University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Cyclone-Induced Anxiety and Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh: Gendered Dimensions of Climate-Driven Mental Health Risks (1918569)
Md Rajibul Islam1, Lamia Tahsin Kamal Purnata2, Ferdousi Akter Mishu3, Md. Hasanur Rahman3, Ferdousi Rahman2, Nazifa Tabassum2, Sonia Binte Murshed3, . Shampa3, Ahmed Ishtiaque Chowdhury4, Shammi Haque5 and Mashfiqus Salehin6, (1)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Institute of Water & Flood Management (IWFM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (2)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water & Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (3)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (4)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (5)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (6)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Mental Health Among Farmers: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies (1922184)
Tasmia Baree Tuna1, Mondira Bardhan2,3, Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary1,2, Md Atiqur Rahman2,4 and Sharif Mutasim Billah1,2, (1)Khulna University, Life Science School, Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna, Bangladesh, (2)Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh, (3)Clemson University, Virtual Reality and Nature Lab, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson, United States, (4)Glasgow Caledonian University, Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Management, School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Worried but well? Maternal Anxiety and Perception in Two Cyclone-Affected Coastal Regions of Bangladesh (1943518)
Lamia Tahsin Kamal Purnata1, Atique Ahnaf Nihal2, Ferdousi Akter Mishu3, Md Rajibul Islam4, Nazifa Tabassum1, Ferdousi Rahman1, Ahmed Ishtiaque Chowdhury5, . Shampa3, Sonia Binte Murshed3, Shammi Haque6, Mashfiqus Salehin7 and Md. Hasanur Rahman3, (1)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water & Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (2)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water & Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bangladesh, (3)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (4)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Institute of Water & Flood Management (IWFM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (5)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (6)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (7)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Effect of Home Damage On Post-Flood Psychiatric Morbidity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (1949487)
Sebastian Rowan, University of New Hampshire, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NH, United States; US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, United States and Elissa Yeates, US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, United States
Uncovering Drivers of Emotional Vulnerability to Extreme Heat Using Explainable Machine Learning (1965916)
Xueke Li1, Ovidia Stanoi2, Shannon Christiansen3, Heather Kostick4, Kevin Ochsner5 and Michael E Mann1, (1)University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science; Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, Philadelphia, United States, (2)University of Pennsylvania, Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media; Annenberg School for Communication; Annenberg Public Policy Center, Philadelphia, United States, (3)University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, United States, (4)Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States, (5)Columbia University, Department of Psychology, New York, United States
Climate resilience adaptation and psychiatric emergency services utilization during extreme heat in Boston, MA: a difference-in-differences analysis (1997502)
Flannery Black-Ingersoll1, Mary Willis2, Amruta Nori-Sarma3, Justin S. White4, Stephanie T. Grady5, Kaylin A. Vrkljan6, Alison Duncan7, Kate Burrows8, Rachel Oblath7 and Amruta Nori-Sarma9, (1)Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, United States, (2)Boston University, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, United States, (3)Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Cambridge, United States, (4)Boston University School of Public Health, Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston, United States, (5)Boston University School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Boston, United States, (6)Boston University School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Boston, United States, (7)Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, United States, (8)University of Chicago, Public Health Sciences, Chicago, United States, (9)Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Boston, United States
