Use of the emergency department as a first point of contact for mental health care by immigrant youth in Canada: A population-based study

BACKGROUND:Emergency department visits as a first point of contact for people with mental illness may reflect poor access to timely outpatient mental health care. We sought to determine the extent to which immigrants use the emergency department as an entryway into mental health services. METHODS:We...

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Main Authors: Saunders, N, Gill, P, Holder, L, Vigod, S, Kurdyak, P, Gandhi, S, Guttmann, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Medical Association 2018