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Chapter 25 - Cultural Issues in the Teaching of Psychological Disorders

from Personality, Disability, and Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2018

Kenneth D. Keith
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University of San Diego
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Culture across the Curriculum
A Psychology Teacher's Handbook
, pp. 517 - 532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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