International Journal of School and Cognitive Psychology
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Nasreen Roberts

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• Case Report
  Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Emergency Department Referrals for Suicidal First Nation Children and Adolescents from Northern Ontario: Preliminary Report
  Author(s): Nasreen Roberts, Axas Nicholas and Leanne Repetti Nasreen Roberts, Axas Nicholas and Leanne Repetti
  
  Background: Global concern about high rates of suicidal behaviours and completed suicides amongst Indigenous and First Nations youth has led to concerted efforts in many countries to generate and implement culturally sensitive identification and prevention strategies. In Canada effort have been directed policy and clinical and Social level to address this issue, however there has been a surge of referrals for suicidal risk assessment of children and youth in the wake a publicized suicide crisis in remote Northern Ontario’ First Nations communities, 2 -3 hours by air from nearest psychiatric services. This case series describes demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristic and outcome. Method: This is a naturistic descriptive case series of First Nation children and adolescents who were referred by the Emergen.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2469-9837.1000180

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