An American Psychiatric Association poll revealed that more than half of Americans were “somewhat or extremely anxious about the impact of climate change on their own mental health.” The poll also showed an increase in Americans who said they agree that climate change is probably or definitely affecting mental health, a group that grew from 47% in 2019 to 68% in 2020.
In the sixth episode of “Heating Up,” the Sun’s Arleigh Rodgers speaks with Emily Lewis of the outpatient therapy practice Veridian Wellness in Henderson.
Make It Work focuses on environmental justice because climate change is an issue currently impacting people of color and low-income people in Nevada, Washington said.
Huntridge Family Clinic is one of few Las Vegas health care providers offering gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy, said Rob Phoenix, nurse practitioner and owner of the clinic. Phoenix said he has been a nurse practitioner in Las Vegas since 1997, but his experience with gender care began with a phone call from a mother in 2013 — her son wanted to transition, she said, and she could find neither a primary care physician nor pediatrician who was willing to help. Nine years later, this hesitancy from youth providers has not changed, Phoenix said.
In the fourth episode of “Heating Up,” the Sun’s Arleigh Rodgers talks with Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, a UNLV senior who conducts policy research for Brookings Mountain West that focuses heavily on climate policy.
A 2020 study from UNLV’s Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute on the urban heat island effect found that Las Vegas “ranked as the most intense urban heat island in the United States in both daytime and nighttime metrics between 2004 and 2013.”
The process of understanding pre-traumatic, continuous or post-traumatic stress disorder as brought on by climate crisis could be informed by victims of natural disasters like hurricanes.
Elijah Jackson, like most children restricted to indoor activities early in the coronavirus pandemic, passed time by staying busy on his electronics. He played Fortnite and watched and made videos on the ...
