Geopsychiatry and geography: A response.
Int J Soc Psychiatry
; 70(1): 80-86, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This contribution responds to three articles (we refer to all three as 'editorials') concerning something called 'geopsychiatry'.AIMS:
To evaluate claims made in these editorials for 'geopsychiatry' as a new field of inquiry at the interface between geography and psychiatry.METHOD:
Close critical reading of two editorials in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry - entitled 'Geographical determinants of mental health' and 'Political determinants of mental health' - and one in the International Review of Psychiatry - entitled 'What is geopsychiatry?'RESULTS:
While this geopsychiatry initiative is to be applauded, disquiet can be expressed about the almost complete neglect of a pre-existing domain of inquiry - 'mental health geography' or 'the geography of mental health' - that has long been researched by academic geographers and cognate scholars. Key trajectories in this field can be identified and related to the proposed foci for geopsychiatry.CONCLUSIONS:
The hope is voiced that future developments in geopsychiatry will proceed in dialogue with the literature and practitioners of mental health geography.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Psiquiatría
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Salud Mental
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Int J Soc Psychiatry
Año:
2024
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Article
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Reino Unido