The work of culture in the treatment of psychosis in migrant adolescents

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-317

  Rousseau, Cécile ^a,b   Key, Fiona ^a,b   Measham, Toby ^a,b,c  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry

Author keywords

Adolescent; Culture; Immigrant; Psychosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 23044444095     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104505053751     Document Type: Review

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