Usher AM, K., Rice, K., Fatema, S. R., Upward, K. L., & Jones, R. (2023). Nurses on the

frontline of health care in the escalating context of climate change: Climate‐related extreme

weather events, injustice, mental health and eco‐anxiety. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15838

The article “Nurses on the frontline of health care in the escalating context of climate

change: Climate-related extreme weather events, injustice, mental health and eco-anxiety”

discusses the problem of eco-anxiety and the systematic injustice that people encounter, with

low-income women, children, and young adults being the most affected and vulnerable. After a

major disaster, this group of people cannot recover because they have fewer resources. The

people who suffer the most are typically those who have contributed the least to climate change,

an issue known as climate injustice. To better treat eco-anxiety, mental health professionals

should become better educated about it. The article delves deeper into the importance of the roles

of nurses, since they usually deal directly with the impacted individuals after a natural disaster.Assari, Shervin, et al. “State-Level Structural Racism and Adolescent Mental Health in the

United States.” American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 194, no. 4, 2025, pp. 946–959. Oxford

University Press, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae107

This study examines how systemic racism causes systemic injustice for Black teens. They

mention laws and policies like Jim Crow law, Three Fifths laws, discriminatory policing, and

mass incarceration as examples. The hardships that young Black people still experience today are

rooted in all of these laws and policies from the past. Because of this, young black females have

mental health issues like low self-esteem and social expectations, which can result in depression.

Young black boys also struggle with issues including low self-esteem and internalized

discrimination. People of color find it difficult to seek out mental health professionals and

therapies due to previous legislation.

Ünlü Ince, Burcu, et al. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Illness Stigma: A Systematic

Review and Meta-Analysis.” BMC Psychiatry, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, p. 137. Springer Nature,

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03820-9.

According to this study, minorities are more prone than majority groups to experience

stigma related to mental health disorders. This is a result of discrimination, poverty, and culture.

This worsens the problem and keeps minorities from getting mental health treatment.