Mental health in inuit youth from Nunavik: Clinical considerations on a transcultural, interdisciplinary, community-oriented approach

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-126

  Auclair, Geneviève ^a,b   Sappa, Mary ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Inuulitsivik Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inuit youth; Mental health care; Nunavik

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; ESKIMO; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

EID: 84860161571     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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