Group treatment of traumatized Cambodian women: A culture-specific approach

Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 470-479

  Nicholson, Barbara L ^a   Kay, Diane M ^b  

^a School of Social Work   (United States)

^b Tri City Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAMBODIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033191471     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/44.5.470     Document Type: Review

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