Access to psychological services for Canadians: Getting what works to work for Canadaa's mental and behavioural health

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-130

  Cohen, Karen R ^a   Peachey, David ^b  

^a Canadian Psychological Association   (Canada)

^b Intelligent Management Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to services; Effectiveness of psychological treatments; Incidence; Prevalence and cost of mental and behavioural disorders; Psychologists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900547364     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036499     Document Type: Review

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