Encounters with the North: Psychiatric consultation with Inuit youth

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 174-178

  Kassam, Azaad ^a,b,c,d  

^a Northeast Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Consultation liaison; Culture; Inuit; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ESKIMO; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

EID: 33846461700     PISSN: 12097268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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