Culturally Competent Treatments for Asian Americans: The Relevance of Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Psychotherapies

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-231

  Hall, Gordon C N ^a   Hong, Janie J ^b   Zane, Nolan W S ^c   Meyer, Oanh L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Asian Americans; Coping; Mindfulness; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052849530     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2011.01253.x     Document Type: Review

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