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Eco-anxiety is a
condition affecting an increasingly
number of young people worldwide. Doctors in the UK have been advised to raise the
of climate change during consultations with patients. New
encourage doctors to discuss the
of global warming. A health consultation might now consist of a medical
, along with advice on how to reduce carbon
. It might also include help on how to deal with eco-anxiety. The Daily Mail newspaper cited
of the guidelines who called them "seriously
". They said: "Doctors should spend their
time treating patients rather than lecturing them on 'politicised issues'."