The Effects of Heat and Air Pollution on the Brain and Behavior
Essential Science Conversations
July 2023
Understanding the relationship between our environment and our psychological wellbeing is critical for effectively responding to climate change. Science is supplying important insights into how heat and air pollution impact human behavior, brain development, and functioning, with significant impacts occurring across the lifespan. This interdisciplinary webinar will provide psychologists, other mental health professionals, scientists, and practitioners with a deeper appreciation of biopsychosocial impacts caused by climate change and air pollution associated with fossil fuel use, to support their engagement in efforts to mitigate these risks. This webinar is being presented in partnership with the Climate Psychiatry Alliance and the Climate Psychology Alliance.
This program does not offer CE credit.
Presented in collaboration with
Climate Psychiatry Alliance
Speakers
Joseph Taliercio, PhD
Member, Joint Advocacy and Outreach Committee of the Climate Psychiatry and Climate Psychology Alliance.
Robin Cooper, MD
President, Climate Psychiatry Alliance.
Host
Scott Barstow, MS
Senior director of Congressional and Federal Relations, APA Services.
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