Among many other issues like careers, job security or financial security, covid-19 and the climate crisis, which have caused unprecedented disruptions across the world, are having a similar negative impact on young Indians` mental health, showed a study by international researchers, including from India, published on Friday in the journal The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia.

Climate change affected the mental health and wellbeing of children and adolescents. Young people with a mental illness and without social support are at an increased risk of climate change-induced mental ill-health.