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This course will examine mental health concepts of disorder, distress, well-being, and resilience in the context of climate change. We will focus 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. Data will be presented on direct and indirect mental health and psychosocial impacts of chronic and acute climate change exposures. We will discuss inequalities in climate change impacts on mental health with examples from across local and global contexts and explore individual and community-level resilience, psychosocial adaptation, and areas of priority action. All participants enrolled in this course are expected to complete required readings and the assignment prior to the start of the course. Participants enrolled in this course will be evaluated for receipt of the certificate of participation based on the pre-course assignment and class participation. Participants taking this course for Johns Hopkins or UPF academic credit will be further evaluated by a final proposal which may be a VoiceThread/PowerPoint presentation or a final paper due no later than December 23, 2022.