Psychotherapy of Arab patients in the West: Uniqueness, empathy, and "otherness"

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-459

  Saved, Mohamed A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLITICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ACCULTURATION; ARABS; CULTURE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 2342577582     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2003.57.4.445     Document Type: Review

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