Report recommends more research is needed into the effects climate change has on mental health
- 3 years ago
The final report of Federal Parliament's select committee on mental health and suicide prevention has been released it’s made 44 recommendations to improve the system, which it said was at a tipping point. The Committee recommends that the Australian Government invest in research to determine the longitudinal impacts of compounding trauma and successive disasters including extreme weather events caused by climate change on the mental health.