title: [Endangerment by the environment--on the origin and psychopathology of environmental anxiety].
abstract: Characteristics of the present ecological threat concerning the mind of men are described. Some psychiatric cases are given describing on one hand psychotic patients whose concern about the endangered natural environment is more accidental, whereas in other patients the feeling to be threatened has been resulted in psychopathological reactions of clinical importance. The impact of these new aspects of an ecological medicine is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Lübeck
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D004190:Disasters; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy
vernacular_title: Bedrohung durch die Umwelt--Zur Genese und Psychopathologie von Umweltängsten.