NCMHA Webinar Series - Climate Change and the Impact on Older Adults Mental Health: A Primer for Providers and Advocates
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Climate change is the biggest threat to human health. Not only is physical health impacted but there are significant mental health consequences. Older adults are especially vulnerable.
This presentation will cover the most important mental health impacts of climate change in the general population, with an emphasis on the elderly.
Learning Objectives:
1) Describe the mental health aspects of acute and slow moving disasters associated with climate disruption.
2) Describe the impacts of extreme heat on mood, behavior and cognition.
3) Identify the emotional and psychological responses associated with “eco-distress”.
4) Understand age-specific factors contributing to mental health impacts of climate change in older adults.
Part I: Overview: A Primer on Emotional and Mental Health Consequences of Climate Change
- Robin Cooper, MD
Part II: The Impact of Climate Change on Older Adults’ Mental Health
- Andreea Seritan, MD
Robin Cooper, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Robin Cooper is a psychiatrist who has had a private practice in San Francisco for 40 years. She is Associate Clinical Professor in Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California San Francisco Medical School where she is actively involved in efforts to address climate change impacts on mental health and health, both within psychiatry and teaching to mental health trainees
She is co-founder of Climate Psychiatry Alliance, (www.climatepsychiatry.org) a national group with current membership of over 1,000 psychiatrists and mental health professionals dedicated to understanding, educating, and advocating about the specific impact of climate change on mental health. As she moves into semi-retirement in her clinical work, her work around climate change impacts on health and mental health have become a second career.
Dr. Cooper has spoken to many professional and public sector groups on mental health impacts of climate change, including addressing impacts on aging populations for the National Council on Mental Health and Aging and the Marin Council on Aging. She is often called upon by journalists and media sources to discuss climate change impacts on mental health.
Andreea Seritan, MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
Andreea Seritan, MD is a geriatric psychiatrist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Seritan completed her psychiatry residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, followed by a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining UCSF, Dr. Seritan was at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, where she also served as associate dean for student wellness.
Dr. Seritan’s clinical and research work focuses on understanding and managing the psychiatric manifestations of neurodegenerative diseases. She is a member of the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the Association for Academic Psychiatry. She is the author or co-author of 97 articles and book chapters. Dr. Seritan was the co-founder of the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Climate Change and Mental Health Task Force.
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