Psychiatric Consultation in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: I. Development and Evolution of the Baffin Psychiatric Consultation Service

The Baffin Consultation Service of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry has been providing psychiatric consultation services to the Baffin Island region of the Eastern Canadian Arctic since 1971. This report describes the background history, development and evolution of the service. Attention is focus...

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Published in:The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Main Authors: Hood, Eric, Malcolmson, Samuel A., Young, L. Trevor, Abbey, Susan E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1993
Subjects:
Psychiatry and Mental health
Arctic
Baffin Island
Baffin
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674379303800107
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/070674379303800107
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Summary:The Baffin Consultation Service of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry has been providing psychiatric consultation services to the Baffin Island region of the Eastern Canadian Arctic since 1971. This report describes the background history, development and evolution of the service. Attention is focused on aspects of the consultation visits, educational activities of the project and the development of a mental health network. It is suggested that this is a useful model for the provision of psychiatric services to remote areas with limited resources.

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