Disaster Stress BC

Researchers in BC and Alberta are studying the mental health effects of fighting wildfires. We are looking forward to seeing the results next year, and learning more about how we can better support our firefighters.

Rising temperatures. Melting ice caps. Drowning polar bears. We don’t need to be told that there’s a climate emergency, and that it’s taking its toll on the pla...net. But the climate emergency is also a #mentalhealth emergency. * * * The stats are powerful: psychological trauma from a natural disaster is forty times greater than trauma from physical injury. Climate scientists themselves are suffering from ecological grief and depression. And there are children who can’t sleep because they’re worried about the future. * * * Here are some ways people have found to ease their sense of powerlessness in light of climate change See more

Great news! So excited to support resilience skills in BC communities!