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).

Jose A Salinas-Perez Mencía Ruiz Gutiérrez-ColosíaMary Anne FurstPetra SuontaustaJacques BertrandNerea AlmedaJohn MendozaDaniel RockMinna SadeniemiGraça CardosoLuis Salvador-Carulla

Published in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2020)

We found common challenges in these remote areas but a huge diversity in the patterns of MH care. The implementation of care interventions should be locally tailored considering both the environmental characteristics and the existing pattern of service provision.

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