Counselling and psychotherapy services in more developed and developing regions in China: A comparative investigation of practitioners and current service delivery

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 536-543

  Qian, Mingyi ^a   Chen, Ruiyun ^a   Chen, Hong ^b   Hu, Sherlyn ^c   Zhong, Jie ^a   Yao, Ping ^a   Yi, Chunli ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; counselling and psychotherapy; cross national survey; levels of economic development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHINA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84865523561     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011413669     Document Type: Article

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