Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds Evaluation
IMPORTANT: For Grand Rounds to be eligible for CME credit we need to evaluate how the presentations impact your medical practice.
Evaluation of this program is required.
YOU MUST FILL OUT THE EVALUATION TO TRACK ATTENDANCE AND TO RECEIVE CE CREDIT.
Evaluation of this program is required.
YOU MUST FILL OUT THE EVALUATION TO TRACK ATTENDANCE AND TO RECEIVE CE CREDIT.
Talk Title: “Too Hot to Handle: The Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health”
Speaker: Joshua Wortzel, MD, MPhil, MS(Ed)
Date: January 9, 2026
Please refer to the following objectives while completing this evaluation
At the conclusion of the talk, participants will be able to use best practices to:
1. Direct Biological Impacts: Analyze the neuropsychiatric effects of extreme heat on mental health, including thermoregulatory mechanisms and vulnerability factors.
2. Indirect Biological Impacts: Evaluate the mental health consequences of environmental factors including air pollution, nutritional changes, and vector-borne diseases.
3. Psychological Impacts: Compare the psychological effects of acute environmental traumas versus chronic environmental traumas verses existential climate distress on mental health.
At the conclusion of the talk, participants will be able to use best practices to:
1. Direct Biological Impacts: Analyze the neuropsychiatric effects of extreme heat on mental health, including thermoregulatory mechanisms and vulnerability factors.
2. Indirect Biological Impacts: Evaluate the mental health consequences of environmental factors including air pollution, nutritional changes, and vector-borne diseases.
3. Psychological Impacts: Compare the psychological effects of acute environmental traumas versus chronic environmental traumas verses existential climate distress on mental health.