Psychotherapy with African American women with depression: Is it okay to talk about their religious/spiritual beliefs?

Religions

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-36

  Mengesha, Maigenete ^a   Ward, Earlise C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Depression; Major depressive disorder; Psychotherapy; Religious; Spiritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894331327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rel3010019     Document Type: Article

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