Saturday, December 5, 2009

You are mentally ill if you don't agree with AGW

Dear Honorary Platonians,

This takes the biscuit.  Plato knows that every possible bandwagon is hitched to the funding available for AGW research - but this has to be the most alarming.  So now if you are a 'denier' - and live in the USA, someone can decide you're insane.

WTF?

"Section 3: What are the psychosocial impacts of climate change?


Psychosocial and mental health impacts of climate change

Mental health issues associated with natural and technological disasters

Stress and emotional outcomes associated with natural and technological disasters

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

Differentiating between normal and pathological worry regarding climate change

Uncertainty and despair

Research on climate change-related emotions

Numbness or apathy

Guilt regarding environmental issues

Social and community impacts of climate change

Heat and violence

Intergroup relations

Displacement and relocation

Reactions to socioeconomic disparities

Social justice implications

Moderators of climate change impacts

Proximity

Vulnerabilities and resilience

Social norms

Psychosocial mediators of climate change impacts

Relative risk appraisals

Mental models

Media representations

Anxiety

Global climate change in context of other environmental challenges

Psychological benefits associated with responding to climate change

Research on psychosocial impacts of climate change

The relationship between psychosocial impacts and coping"

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