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PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions
CONT

Where an inmate has been assessed as severely mentally retarded, the psychologist will refer the individual to the institutional Health Care Unit for subsequent referral by the medical team to a provincial mental health facility or a Correctional Service Canada Regional Psychiatric Centre.

OBS

The term "mental institution" may be considered offensive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé

Spanish

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