Patterns of Mental Health Care in Remote Areas: Kimberley (Australia), Nunavik (Canada), and Lapland (Finland): Modèles de soins de santé mentale dans les régions éloignées: Kimberley (Australie), Nunavik (Canada) et Laponie (Finlande) ...

Objective:Mental health (MH) care in remote areas is frequently scarce and fragmented and difficult to compare objectively with other areas even in the same country. This study aimed to analyze the adult MH service provision in 3 remote areas of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...

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Main Authors: Salinas-Perez, Jose A., Mencia R. Gutierrez-Colosia, Furst, Mary Anne, Suontausta, Petra, Bertrand, Jacques, Almeda, Nerea, Mendoza, John, Rock, Daniel, Sadeniemi, Minna, Cardoso, Graça, Salvador-Carulla, Luis
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: SAGE Journals 2020
Subjects:
170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
FOS: Psychology
110319 Psychiatry incl. Psychotherapy
FOS: Clinical medicine
Canada
Nunavik
Laponie
Lapland
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5076440.v1
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Summary:Objective:Mental health (MH) care in remote areas is frequently scarce and fragmented and difficult to compare objectively with other areas even in the same country. This study aimed to analyze the adult MH service provision in 3 remote areas of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in the world.Methods:We used an internationally agreed set of systems indicators, terminology, and classification of services (Description and Evaluation of Services and DirectoriEs for Long Term Care). This instrument provided a standard description of MH care provision in the Kimberley region (Australia), Nunavik (Canada), and Lapland (Finland), areas characterized by an extremely low population density and high relative rates of Indigenous peoples.Results:All areas showed high rates of deprivation within their national contexts. MH services were mostly provided by the public sector supplemented by nonprofit organizations. This study found a higher provision per inhabitant of community residential care ...

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