Somatization as cultural idiom of distress: Rethinking mind and body in a multicultural society

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-174

  So, Joseph K ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body; Culture; Mind; Somatization; Somatoform disorder; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849148539     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070802066854     Document Type: Review

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