Mental health research for a world in climate crisis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa dsantmml@unisa.ac.za.
² Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ System Earth Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁴ Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab, NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.

Editorial

Monika Dos Santos et al. BMJ Ment Health. 2026.

. 2026 Jan 13;29(1):e302429.

doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2025-302429.

¹ Department of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa dsantmml@unisa.ac.za.
² Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³ System Earth Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁴ Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab, NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Adjustment Disorders.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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