Disaster, Climate Change, and Mental Health: The Story of Bhutan
摘要
Climate change is a major challenge for everyone but may be worse in Bhutan as compared to the Hindukush Himalayas because the glacier melt is faster. Both the economy and the environment are weak in Bhutan. It is a small country located in the eastern lap of the Himalayas, which is highly prone to disasters and climate change due to its proximity to the Bay of Bengal and its vulnerability to weather-related impacts. This chapter narrates how Bhutan’s mental health, climate change, and natural disasters impact its environment and people, as well as their complex relationship. Bhutan is an example of being a carbon-neutral country, and every eye is on it. They have helped to look at how altering weather patterns, landslides, and floods induced by glacial lake eruptions affect mental health. The chapter also discusses disasters and incorporates mental health into the usual approaches to addressing problems, revising policy, and responding to disasters. The report concludes that Bhutan’s mental health problems induced by climate change need to be remedied, and it recommends remedies that are healthy for the people who live there and the environment.