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Mental Health Provision in Northern Canada: Practitioners’ Views on Negotiations and Opportunities in Remote Practice

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Abstract

The focus of this article is on the final expanded qualitative findings and meta-analysis of a northern Canada study involving a four-phase, 3-year research design. The qualitative findings from interviews with twenty informal and formal mental health practitioners focus on the broader themes found within the meta-analysis in an attempt to answer a recent call for more proactive literature emphasizing opportunities for counselling and mental health support. The results explored included helping professional and paraprofessional development within remote settings, visions for the provision of community supports to assist them in providing services, and components of a conceptual model of mental health practice in the Canadian North.

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  1. Counselling Program, School of Education, UNBC, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, V2N 4Z9, Canada

    Linda O’Neill, Corinne Koehn & Serena George

  2. Counselling Program, Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

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The study received Research Ethics Approval from the University of Northern BC, the University of Lethbridge, a Scientific Licence from Yukon Government, and Research Licence from the Aurora Research Institute.

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The authors and research team express appreciation to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for funding for the research project.

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O’Neill, L., Koehn, C., George, S. et al. Mental Health Provision in Northern Canada: Practitioners’ Views on Negotiations and Opportunities in Remote Practice. Int J Adv Counselling 38, 123–143 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-016-9261-z

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