A position statement developed by the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s Professional Standards and Practice Committee, and approved by the Board of Directors on June 26, 2020. First published on the CPA website, available at http://www.cpa-apc.org/
. 2021 Jan;66(1):67–70. doi: 10.1177/0706743720950943
Psychiatrists in Times of Pandemics: Psychiatres en temps de pandémie
Alison Freeland
1, Gary Chaimowitz
2
Alison Freeland, BSc, MD, FRCPC, FCPA
1Associate Dean, Education (Regional), Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Vice-President, Education, Academic Affairs
and Patient Experience, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario; Associate
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
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Gary Chaimowitz, MB ChB, FRCPC, DFCPA
2Head of Service, Forensic Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s
Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural
Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
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1Associate Dean, Education (Regional), Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Vice-President, Education, Academic Affairs
and Patient Experience, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario; Associate
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
2Head of Service, Forensic Psychiatry, St. Joseph’s
Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural
Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
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