How to Avoid Gender Bias in Mental Health Treatment

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 45-66

  Knudson Martin, Carmen ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family therapy; Feminism; Gender; Mental health; Obsessive compulsion; Power

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; ETHICS; FAMILY THERAPY; GENDER; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLITICS; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0348219154     PISSN: 08975353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J085v14n03_04     Document Type: Review

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