Understanding immigrants' reluctance to use mental health services: A qualitative study from Montreal

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-209

  Whitley, Rob ^a   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^b   Groleau, Danielle ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care use; Immigrant; Medication; Mental health; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGIOUS GROUP;

EID: 33645541424     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370605100401     Document Type: Article

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