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'''Climate psychosis''' or '''climate hysteria'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anthes |first1=Emily |title=Climate change takes a mental toll |url=http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2009/02/09/climate_change_takes_a_mental_toll/ |work=Boston.com |issue=The Australian doctors wrote the case up as the first known instance of "climate change delusion." |date=9 February 2009}}</ref> is a term used to describe irrational hysteria, delusions, anxiety, psychotic tendencies or depression<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Konrad |title=A climate of despair |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/a-climate-of-despair-20140811-102r1w.html |work=The Age |issue=Frustrated green scientists and environmental activists may be at risk of depression. Konrad Marshall meets the experts and advocates shedding light on the intersection of climate change and mental health. |date=13 August 2014 |language=en}}</ref> related to environmental or climate changes. The first was case was discovered 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. The patient thought millions of people could die.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malkin |first1=Bonnie |title=Psychiatrists discover first case of climate change delusion |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/3346988/Psychiatrists-discover-first-case-of-climate-change-delusion.html |date=11 July 2008}}</ref> In Sweden, there are small businesses of "climate psychologists" where parents pay for therapy related to climate anxiety.<ref>{{cite web |title=Klimatpsykologerna (Climate Psychologists) |url=https://www.klimatpsykologerna.se/ |website=Klimatpsykologerna}}</ref> There has also been reports of "eco-terrorism".<ref>{{cite news |title=Climate change extremists plot drone attack to shut down Heathrow |url= |work=Mail Online |date=10 August 2019}}</ref> In Sweden, [[Greta Thunberg]] was reported to have suffered from depression because of climate change.<ref>{{cite news |title=Depressed and Then Diagnosed With Autism, Greta Thunberg Explains Why Hope Cannot Save Planet But Bold Climate Action Still Can |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/19/depressed-and-then-diagnosed-autism-greta-thunberg-explains-why-hope-cannot-save |work=Common Dreams |issue=Depressed and Then Diagnosed With Autism, Greta Thunberg Explains Why Hope Cannot Save Planet But Bold Climate Action Still Can |language=en}}</ref> There are reports of increasing "climate grief".<ref>{{cite news |title='Climate grief': The growing emotional toll of climate change |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/climate-grief-growing-emotional-toll-climate-change-n946751 |work=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Melanie Green published an article in The Start claiming saying "climate anxiety has been reported to lead from anything from depression to anxiety".<ref>{{cite news |title=Depression, anxiety, PTSD: Climate change is taking a toll on our mental health, experts say {{!}} The Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/07/08/depression-anxiety-ptsd-climate-change-is-taking-a-toll-on-our-mental-health-experts-say.html |work=thestar.com |language=en}}</ref>

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