Race in the room: Issues in the dynamic psychotherapy of African Americans

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-209

  Liggan, Deborah Y ^a   Kay, Jerald ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Culture; Psychotherapy; Race; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033063905     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159903600203     Document Type: Article

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