Moving this ref as it does not claim that climate change delusion includes depression or any other of the symptoms, instead the article is about eco-anxiety (or similar) and only mentions this case in passing.
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#REDIRECT [[Effects of climate change on human health#Mental health]]
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'''Climate change delusion''' was proposed in 2008 by some clinicians to describe [[delusions]] (fixed, firm, irrational beliefs) about the personal impact one has on [[climate change]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=April 2008|title=Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor any Drop to Drink: Climate Change Delusion|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/00048670701881603|journal=Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry|language=en|volume=42|issue=4|pages=350–350|doi=10.1080/00048670701881603|issn=0004-8674|via=}}</ref> It is used to describe irrational [[hysteria]], delusions, [[anxiety]], [[psychotic]] tendencies or depression related to [[Environmental change|environmental]] or [[climate change]]s. A case was described by Australian psychiatrists in 2008 where a patient refused to drink water because he felt guilty about the effect it might have on the planet.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/a-climate-of-despair-20140811-102r1w.html|title=A climate of despair|last1=Marshall|first1=Konrad|date=13 August 2014|work=The Age|access-date=|issue=|language=en|quote=Six years ago, a dehydrated 17-year-old boy was brought into the Royal Children’s Hospital, refusing to drink water. He believed having a drink would somehow contribute to the global shortage of potable water, and became the first diagnosed case of “climate change delusion”.}}</ref> The patient thought millions of people could die.<ref name=":0" /> The case was diagnosed to be major depressive disorder with psychotic features, however there had been no previously reported delusions in relation to climate change.<ref name=":0" />
