Shared mental health care for a marginalized community in inner-city Canada

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-133

  Kisely, Stephen ^a,b   Chisholm, Pamela ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c North End Health Community Health Centre and Capital District Health Authority (CDHA)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative care; Marginalized populations; Primary care; Psychiatric disorder; Shared care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SATISFACTION; COOPERATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CANADA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67650308951     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560802444044     Document Type: Article

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