(What Geographers Should Know About) The State of U.S. and Canadian Academic Professional Associations' Engagement with Mental Health Practices and Policies

The professional organizations to which geographers belong and by which they are represented have a civic duty and ethical responsibility to educate their members about mental health issues in their professions and, by default, their work environments. And yet national-level professional association...

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Published in:The Professional geographer 2020-01, Vol.72 (1), p.37-53
Main Authors: Peake, Linda J., England, Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
asociaciones académicas profesionales
Asociación Americana de Geógrafos
Asociación Canadiense de Geógrafos
Best practice
Commissioning
Geographers
Geography
Health behavior
Health education
Health initiatives
Humanities
Medical personnel
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health services
Organizations
Policies
Professional associations
Professional development
Professions
prácticas y políticas sobre salud mental
salud mental
Social sciences
Websites
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Summary:The professional organizations to which geographers belong and by which they are represented have a civic duty and ethical responsibility to educate their members about mental health issues in their professions and, by default, their work environments. And yet national-level professional associations in North America are lagging behind universities in adopting initiatives, commissioning reports, and looking into best practices around the mental health of their members. A survey of the Web sites of sixty-six professional associations in the social sciences, geographical sciences, and humanities in the United States and Canada reveals an uneven presence of attention to mental health issues in terms of their members' research on mental health issues, awareness of mental health as a professional development issue, and engagement in mental health advocacy and public outreach. In this article, we explore how geography's professional organizations compare to others with respect to these issues and suggest ways in which they can develop their own mental health protocols to address the crisis of mental health in the academy. Key Words: Academic professional associations, American Association of Geographers, Canadian Association of Geographers, mental health, mental health practices and policies.
ISSN:0033-0124
1467-9272
DOI:10.1080/00330124.2019.1611455