Eco-anxiety is a medical condition an increasingly larger number of young people worldwide. Doctors in the UK have been to raise the topic of climate change during consultations with patients. New guidelines doctors to the dangers of global warming. A health consultation might now of a medical diagnosis, along with advice on how to carbon footprints. It might also help on how to deal with eco-anxiety. The Daily Mail newspaper cited critics of the guidelines who them "seriously unethical". They said: "Doctors should their precious time treating patients rather than them on 'politicised issues'."
The United Nations has eco-anxiety as "an emergency crisis in plain sight". Eco-anxiety defined as stress by the constant worry about the environment and the climate crisis. The UN said the condition will severely the mental health of children. Downtoearth.com wrote: "Extreme weather events like wildfires, heatwaves, droughts, storms, and floods to displacement and food shortages, psychological harm to humans. They lead to anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress." A UN survey that 59 per cent of young people in a study distressed about the climate. The youngsters , "sad, anxious, angry, powerless, helpless, and guilty".
