Comparing the Impact of Flooding on Mental Health in India and the United Kingdom: Who Is More Vulnerable?
Aims: We hypothesise that mental health impacts of flooding will be greater in India compared with the UK. Climate change is causing an increase in flooding due to the rising frequency of extreme weather patterns globally. The major impacts of flooding on mental health include displacement, financia...
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| description | Aims: We hypothesise that mental health impacts of flooding will be greater in India compared with the UK. Climate change is causing an increase in flooding due to the rising frequency of extreme weather patterns globally. The major impacts of flooding on mental health include displacement, financial hardship, and loss of access to healthcare. These can lead to conditions such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7b20122abd6f4a2a9a54a3286c1bf4712025-08-20T03:15:29ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S27S2710.1192/bjo.2025.10109Comparing the Impact of Flooding on Mental Health in India and the United Kingdom: Who Is More Vulnerable?Peter Carter0Chartlotte Opoku Gyamfi1Tasneem Quddus2Mershid Varnasseri Ghandali3Ellie Hawken4Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United KingdomAnglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United KingdomAnglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United KingdomAnglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United KingdomAnglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United KingdomAims: We hypothesise that mental health impacts of flooding will be greater in India compared with the UK. Climate change is causing an increase in flooding due to the rising frequency of extreme weather patterns globally. The major impacts of flooding on mental health include displacement, financial hardship, and loss of access to healthcare. These can lead to conditions such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425101099/type/journal_article |
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| title | Comparing the Impact of Flooding on Mental Health in India and the United Kingdom: Who Is More Vulnerable? |
| title_full | Comparing the Impact of Flooding on Mental Health in India and the United Kingdom: Who Is More Vulnerable? |
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| title_short | Comparing the Impact of Flooding on Mental Health in India and the United Kingdom: Who Is More Vulnerable? |
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