The mental health of aboriginal peoples: Transformations of identity and community

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 607-616

  Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a,b   Brass, Gregory M ^c   Tait, Caroline L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c United Native Nations Study on Urban Aboriginal Homelessness in British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal mental health; Colonialism; Cree; Culture; Epidemiology; Ethnography; First Nations; Inuit; Metis; Psychiatric services; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ALCOHOLISM; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033781411     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370004500702     Document Type: Review

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