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Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« on: April 08, 2008, 11:47:19 AM »
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Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO

New Delhi: Establishing a link between climate change and mental health, the World Health Organisation has said extreme weather conditions like floods, droughts and natural calamities can lead to psychiatric illnesses.

"Psychosocial illnesses are a part of the various health issues associated with climate change," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director, WHO, said.

Anticipating that severe flooding may become more frequent due to global warming, a WHO report said that independent studies in cyclone-affected Orissa and a flooded town in England has shown that post-traumatic stress disorder syndromes of different severity in affected people even after an year.


Um no.  Belief in globalwarming is a sign if mental illness.   :whatever:

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Posted by ScrewtheDems on Apr 08,2008 21:58 PM
 
Well, if there was such a thing as "global warming" like the enviro wackos think there is, climate change leading to psychiatric illness would certainly explain liberalism.


^ One of the comments following the article.   :rotf:
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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2008, 12:04:30 PM »

CCDS - Climate Change Derangement Syndrome.

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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2008, 12:24:26 PM »
We're doomed, no way around it. Believers in "climate change" are crazy. ....and they'll drive the rest of us crazy with their "climate change" BS. We're doomed I tell you, doomed.
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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2008, 12:45:59 PM »
I can see how the never ending reports of random stuffed 'caused' by global warming could drive one into a near psychotic frenzy,  but I suspect they don't mean that.  :-)



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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2008, 01:47:57 PM »
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"Psychosocial illnesses are a part of the various health issues associated with climate change," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director, WHO, said.

Oh this is just damn stupid! Climate is in a perpetual state of change. Suddenly it's a disease?

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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2008, 01:51:11 PM »
^Yet another excuse to file for SSDI.....

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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2008, 05:20:11 PM »
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"Psychosocial illnesses are a part of the various health issues associated with climate change," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director, WHO, said.

Oh this is just damn stupid! Climate is in a perpetual state of change. Suddenly it's a disease?

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...and as such will be eligible for coverage under hitlery's universal healthcare.
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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2008, 05:24:32 PM »
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Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO

New Delhi: Establishing a link between climate change and mental health, the World Health Organisation has said extreme weather conditions like floods, droughts and natural calamities can lead to psychiatric illnesses.

"Psychosocial illnesses are a part of the various health issues associated with climate change," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director, WHO, said.

Anticipating that severe flooding may become more frequent due to global warming, a WHO report said that independent studies in cyclone-affected Orissa and a flooded town in England has shown that post-traumatic stress disorder syndromes of different severity in affected people even after an year.

More like "Worrying about climate change leads to psychiatric illness".  Damn crazy fools.
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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2008, 05:28:46 PM »
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Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO

New Delhi: Establishing a link between climate change and mental health, the World Health Organisation has said extreme weather conditions like floods, droughts and natural calamities can lead to psychiatric illnesses.

"Psychosocial illnesses are a part of the various health issues associated with climate change," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director, WHO, said.

Anticipating that severe flooding may become more frequent due to global warming, a WHO report said that independent studies in cyclone-affected Orissa and a flooded town in England has shown that post-traumatic stress disorder syndromes of different severity in affected people even after an year.

More like "Worrying about climate change leads to psychiatric illness".  Damn crazy fools.

or maybe "Only people with psychiatric illness worry obsessively over climate change"?

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Re: Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2008, 05:31:54 PM »
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Climate change leads to psychiatric illness: WHO

New Delhi: Establishing a link between climate change and mental health, the World Health Organisation has said extreme weather conditions like floods, droughts and natural calamities can lead to psychiatric illnesses.

"Psychosocial illnesses are a part of the various health issues associated with climate change," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director, WHO, said.

Anticipating that severe flooding may become more frequent due to global warming, a WHO report said that independent studies in cyclone-affected Orissa and a flooded town in England has shown that post-traumatic stress disorder syndromes of different severity in affected people even after an year.

More like "Worrying about climate change leads to psychiatric illness".  Damn crazy fools.

or maybe "Only people with psychiatric illness worry obsessively over climate change"?
Or people with no brains at all:
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