Solastalgia: The Distress Caused by Environmental Change

By Glenn A. Albrecht, Gina Sartore, L. Connor, N. Higginbotham, Sonia Freeman, B. Kelly, H. Stain, Anne Tonna, G. Pollard. Australasian Psychiatry, 2007

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Subfields: Building and Construction, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Climate change and mental health: risks, impacts and priority actions (2018, background): “‘Ecoanxiety’ refers to the anxiety people face from constantly being surrounded by the wicked and threatening problems associated with a changing climate [96].”
Climate Trauma: Toward a New Taxonomy of Trauma (2019, neutral): “…large: ‘‘the distress that is produced by environmental change impacting on people while they are directly connected to their home environment’’ (Albrecht et al., 2007, abstract, noting a worldwide ‘‘increase in ecosystem distress syndromes matched by a corresponding increase in human distress…”
The psychological impacts of global climate change. (2011, background): “…the world’s largest coal-exporting ports), Albrecht and colleagues have validated the concept of solastalgia, the sense of distress people experience when valued natural environments are negatively transformed (Albrecht et al., 2007, p. S95; Higginbotham, Connor, Albrecht, Freeman, & Agho, 2007).”
Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Population Health and Health System Implications (2021, background): “Inq 80(3):513–24 [PubMed: 20827859] 142.”
Place attachment and natural hazard risk: Research review and agenda (2016, background): “…of negative environmental changes, such as those captured by the concept of “solastalgia” (i.e., the distress produced by environmental changes affecting one's own beloved place, especially the loss of solace once provided by the environment; see Albrecht, 2005, 2010, 2012; Albrecht et al., 2007).”
Before and after a natural disaster : disruption in emotion component of place-identity and wellbeing (2018, neutral): “A psychoterratic illness of suffering the loss of a cherished place without being displaced is called solastaliga (Albrecht et al., 2007).”
Examining relationships between climate change and mental health in the Circumpolar North (2014, background): “This has led to feelings of isolation, lack of purpose and self-worth, boredom and depression, and a sense of mourning for the loss of land access and associated lifestyles (Cunsolo Willox et al. 2012, 2013a, b; c.f. Albrecht et al. 2007).”
The largely unacknowledged impact of climate change on mental health (2016, background): “…Robert Gifford rgifford@uvic.ca © 2016 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists a familiar landscape, typical among those who are now witnessing climate change firsthand in places like Northern Canada, has been found to elicit a sense of sadness and loss known as “solastalgia” (Albrecht et al. 2007).”
Exploring potential mechanisms involved in the relationship between eudaimonic wellbeing and nature connection (2017, background): “Solastalgia describes the distress felt by people who, due to environmental degradation, experience loss of solace and place attachment toward their ‘home’ environments (Albrecht et al., 2007).”
Predictors of Nature Connection Among Urban Residents: Assessing the Role of Childhood and Adult Nature Experiences (2018, background): “Indeed, encouraging people to spend time in nature that they perceive as low quality or are dissatisfied with may even have an adverse effect on nature connection levels, whereby people experience fear or discomfort in the setting (Skår, 2010), or even a sense of solastalgia in cases where the degra”