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Examines mental health concepts of disorder, distress, well-being, and resilience in the context of climate change. Focuses on research, policy, and practice perspectives on 1) climate change exposures and their impacts on mental health and well-being, 2) social and environmental justice in climate change and mental health, 3) resilience, psychosocial adaptation, and action. Presents data on direct and indirect mental health and psychosocial impacts of chronic and acute climate change exposures. Discusses inequalities in climate change impacts on mental health with examples from across local and global contexts. Explores individual and community-level resilience, psychosocial adaptation, and areas of priority action