When your patient’s anxiety stems from an existential threat to humanity 

Dr Cybele Dey says climate change is causing stress and anxiety for young patients.
Dr Cybele Dey.

Dr Cybele Dey remembers a seven-year-old boy with severe separation anxiety.

The trigger was the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires. While the boy was not affected directly, his father was out fighting fires and his mother was volunteering in affected towns.