Abstract
This article concerns the relationship between the environment and trauma-like states of mental crisis—a relationship that invites a merging of the concerns of eco-criticism and medical humanities, i.e., a green medical humanities. The article outlines the need for a medical humanities with a clear ecological dimension and introduces two terms that in very different ways combine concerns with the environment and mental health: solastalgia and ecological PTSD. Lastly, the article shows how a reading of a contemporary text—Charles Rangeley-Wilson’s Silt Road: The Story of a Lost River—dealing with the dramatic changes undergone by a British river, benefits from, but also challenges, a combination of ecological and mental health perspectives.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | N J E S (Online) |
Vol/bind | 21 |
Udgave nummer | 2 |
Sider (fra-til) | 90-107 |
Antal sider | 17 |
ISSN | 1654-6970 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2022 |
Emneord
- medical humanities
- environmental humanities
- Rivers
- solastalgia
- environmental PTSD