BMJ Mental Health

Climate Attributable Mental Health: Impacts and Interventions

Climate related disasters such as wildfires, drought, heat waves and floods and their consequences are resulting in deaths and disease from causes ranging from cardio-respiratory disease to malnutrition and malaria. Mental ill health too, is on the rise, however, causal pathways and psychiatric diagnoses in relation to climate change remains less well recognised and estimated. This Topic Collection in BMJ Mental Health plans to bring together the latest evidence on the burden of climate-attributable mental health impacts and potential actions to address these impacts.

Chronopsychiatry: From Discovery Science to Clinical Innovation

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest exploring the intersection of sleep/circadian science and mental health. This Topic Collection in BMJ Mental Health discusses this through original research and reviews on circadian mental health research and innovation, with particular focus on major depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder, dementia, neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD and ADHD) and substance misuse disorders.

Advances in Clinical Psychopharmacology in Children and Young People

Clinical psychopharmacology is a developing field with relevant unmet needs and opportunities, such as understanding the best use of currently available medications, gaining insight into their specific effects in the developmental stage of life, and the testing of new medications. This Topic Collection in BMJ Mental Health discusses this through high quality empirical original studies or evidence synthesis papers on relevant aspects of clinical psychopharmacology in children and/or young people.