Cultural considerations in using cognitive behaviour therapy with Chinese people: A case study of an elderly Chinese woman with generalised anxiety disorder

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-162

  Williams, Mei Wah ^a,b   Foo, Koong Hean ^a   Haarhoff, Beverly ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33846682572     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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