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Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows

  • Written by Jyoti Mishra, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study showsThe 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings in and around Paradise, Calif.Marcus Yam /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Psychological trauma from extreme weather and climate events, such as wildfires, can have long-term impacts on survivors’...

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