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Climate change delusion was proposed in 2008 by some clinicians to describe delusions (fixed, firm, irrational beliefs) about the personal impact one has on climate change. It is used to describe irrational hysteria, delusions, anxiety, psychotic tendencies or depression related to environmental or climate changes. A case was described by Australian psychiatrists in 2008 where a patient refused to drink water because he felt guilty about the effect it might have on the planet. The patient thought millions of people could die. A Swedish book titled "Skärgård" form 2010 warned that climate hysteria threatened the welfare. Swedish reporter Alrik Söderlin published an article in the MestMotor where he stated that "Sweden is in a climate psychosis". Bianca Muratagic published an article calling Swedens climate politics for a "Swedish psychosis" stating that the Swedish politicians used the climate debate to cover up more serious issues. Klimatupplysningen, a Swedish climate-change skeptic movement, write in one of their articles that the climate change hysteria is used as an excuse to increase taxes. Tomas Klasson published an article discussing a climate change conference where the Swedish forest fires was associated to a "pre-apocalyptic climate change psychosis". Columnist Madeleine Lilja Rönnquist of ProjektSanning wrote an article of "climate change hysteria". Oscar Askling of the paper NKP published an article criticizing the Green Party of Sweden for "climate hysteria". Västerbotten Tidningen criticized Swedish mass media for creating a climate hysteria. Jan Tullberg, associate professor of political science and columnist at Nya Tider, writes of the climate change hysteria as mainstream medias new policy. Gunnar Lundström of Skövde Nyheter stated that the climate hysteria in Sweden had completely gone out of control. Stockholmsinitiativet criticized Dagens Nyheter for spreading "climate hysteria" and "mass psychosis".
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