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The Place of Culture in Forensic Psychiatry

Laurence J. Kirmayer, Cécile Rousseau and Myrna Lashley
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2007, 35 (1) 98-102;
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Dr. Kirmayer is James McGill Professor and Director, and Dr. Rousseau is Associate Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Lashley is Professor, Department of Psychology, John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Work on this article was supported by a Senior Investigator Award to Dr. Kirmayer from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MSS-55123)
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Cécile Rousseau
Dr. Kirmayer is James McGill Professor and Director, and Dr. Rousseau is Associate Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Lashley is Professor, Department of Psychology, John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Work on this article was supported by a Senior Investigator Award to Dr. Kirmayer from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MSS-55123)
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Dr. Kirmayer is James McGill Professor and Director, and Dr. Rousseau is Associate Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Lashley is Professor, Department of Psychology, John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Work on this article was supported by a Senior Investigator Award to Dr. Kirmayer from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MSS-55123)
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vol. 35 no. 1 98-102
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17389351

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1093-6793
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  • Published online March 26, 2007.

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  1. Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD,
  2. Cécile Rousseau, MD, MSc and
  3. Myrna Lashley, PhD
  1. Dr. Kirmayer is James McGill Professor and Director, and Dr. Rousseau is Associate Professor, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Lashley is Professor, Department of Psychology, John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Work on this article was supported by a Senior Investigator Award to Dr. Kirmayer from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MSS-55123)
  1. Address correspondence to: Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD, Jewish General Hospital, 4333 Cote Ste. Catherine Road, Montreal QC H3T 1E4, Canada. E-mail: laurence.kirmayer{at}mcgill.ca

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