Referral patterns and training needs in psychiatry among primary care physicians in Canadian rural/remote areas

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-123

  Steele, Margaret ^a,b   Zayed, Richard ^a   Davidson, Brenda ^a,b   Stretch, Neal ^c   Nadeau, Lucie ^d   Fleisher, William ^e   Doey, Tamison ^a   Spenser, Helen R ^c,f   Abidi, Sabina ^g   Auclair, Geneviève ^d   Callanan, Terrence S ^h   Duncan, Don ⁱ   Ferguson, Gisele ^j   Flynn, Roberta ^k   Hope Ross, Lindsay ^l   Khalid Khan, Sarosh ^m   Lazier, Lorraine ^g   Liashko, Vitaly ^g   Lipton, Harold ^l   Postl, Lara ^e   St John, Kimberly ^h   more..

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^k Health PEI   (Canada)

^l ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^m QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Child adolescent; Mental health; Needs assessment; Primary care physicians; Professional development; Psychiatry; Rural remote

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; CANADA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860210083     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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