Elizabeth Pinsky, MD on Climate Anxiety and Kids

October 26, 2021
Ruta Nonacs, MD PhD
Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist, speaks with host Eugene Beresin, MD about how parents can talk about climate change with kids of different ages.
Wildfires, blistering heat spells, destructive hurricanes, coastal flooding.   All around us there is the inescapable evidence of climate change.  And kids of all ages are expressing concern, if not anxiety, about these rapid changes in our climate.

In a recent episode of Shrinking It Down, a podcast from the Clay Center for Young Health Minds, Dr. Elizabeth Pinsky, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist at Mass General Hospital for Children, speaks with host Eugene Beresin, MD about how parents can talk about climate change with kids of different ages and help children to take action in their daily lives. 

You can find other useful resources for parents and providers on discussing climate change with children of all ages HERE.

Elizabeth Pinsky, MD

Elizabeth Pinsky, MD is a pediatrician and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston and also at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where she consults to the inpatient pediatric medical and surgical units and directs the outpatient Child and Adolescent Medical Psychiatry clinic. She completed consecutive residencies in pediatric medicine and general psychiatry, followed by fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry, all at MGH. She is board certified in both pediatric medicine and psychiatry and is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.  

Share this with your network: