Mental wellness in Canada’s aboriginal communities: Striving toward reconciliation

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 363-365

  Boksa, Patricia ^a,b   Joober, Ridha ^a,b   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ABORIGINAL; COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANADA; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INUIT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL;

CANADA; COLONIALISM; CULTURE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84945944589     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.150309     Document Type: Editorial

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