Table 2.

Scoping review exclusion and inclusion criteria.

	Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
Article type	Review type articles: systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analyses published in journals.	Non-peer-reviewed articles, Grey literature, Commentaries and responses to reviewers/editors.
Regions	Articles that studied at least one of the following Western Pacific regions were included. High-Income Countries (HICs): Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, N Mariana Islands, Japan, Palau, Pitcairn, Republic of Korea, Singapore. Low to upper-middle-income countries of Pacific Island states (LICs to UMICs): Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna. Low to mid-income countries of Continental Asia (LICs to MICs): Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Philippines, Viet Nam. Upper middle-income countries of Continental Asia (UMICs): China, Malaysia	Articles that refer to global or mixed population patterns without including studies of at least one of the inclusion criteria regions. Articles that refer to global patterns, including at least one country of WPR but without separating observations for that country.
Climatic exposures	Climatic changes: Temperature variations, heat, drought, sea level rise, rainfall, flood, coastal storms, glacial melting, decreased air quality, an increase of extreme weather events, and any natural disasters that are described as more intense due to climate change events.	Natural disasters that are not considered to be influenced majorly by climate change, such as earthquakes.
Mental Health Outcomes	Mental health: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mood changes, depression, anxiety disorders, psychological distress, increased anxiety, increased worry, increased aggression, increased suicide rates, and the decline in any well-being category. Hospital admissions: increased admissions that evaluate mental health (time series analysis of clinical records). Sleep: worsened sleep quality that impacts mental health (intermediate outcome). Community well-being: decline in community well-being and social cohesion.	Hospital admissions that do not consider patients' mental health condition. Sleep outcomes that do not relate to mental health.
Relationship between Exposures and Mental Health Outcomes	Direct/indirect influence of climate change on mental health outcomes. Interventions evaluated for regulating the relationship between climate change and mental health outcomes.	Articles that discuss climate change interventions (policies and strategies of prevention and care) but do not directly evaluate mental health outcomes. For example, articles discussing how to improve health services to respond better to climate change-related issues but do not evaluate how this improvement may impact individuals' mental health outcomes.