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. 2024 Nov;69(11):831-833.
doi: 10.1177/07067437241287153. Epub 2024 Oct 1.

Eco-Depression and Eco-Anxiety Among Youth: A Sex and Gender Analysis

Louisa L Y Man  1 , Martin Rotenberg  2   3 , Swelen Andari  4 , Samantha Wells  3   5   6   7   8 , Hayley A Hamilton  5   6 , Angela Boak  5 , Sean A Kidd  3   9
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Eco-Depression and Eco-Anxiety Among Youth: A Sex and Gender Analysis

Louisa L Y Man et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2024 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: climate change; eco-anxiety; eco-depression; youth mental health.

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Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Comparisons of eco-depression and eco-anxiety across (a) sex-assigned-at-birth and psychological distress and (b) gender identity.
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