Barriers and facilitators to primary care for people with mental health and/or substance use issues: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ross, Lori E ^a,b   Vigod, Simone ^c   Wishart, Jessica ^a   Waese, Myera ^a   Spence, Jason Dean ^a   Oliver, Jason ^a   Chambers, Jennifer ^d   Anderson, Scott ^e   Shields, Roslyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Toronto Empowerment Council   (Canada)

^e CATIE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addictions; Barriers; Collaborative models; Facilitators; Mental health; Primary care; Qualitative research; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945217805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0353-3     Document Type: Article

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