Anorexia Nervosa and Family Therapy in a Chinese Context

Over a ten-year period, Professor Joyce L. C. Ma carried out cross-disciplinary research in Hong Kong focused on the effectiveness of structural family therapy for Chinese patients suffering from anorexia nervosa. She found that though the Chinese patients received the same diagnosis as their Western counterparts, their experiences throughout the stages of the disease differed significantly due to interpersonal contexts and subjective cultural factors.

About the author

Joyce L. C. Ma is Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Social Work at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She is also the Director of the Family and Group Practice Research Centre at CUHK and the founder and consulting family therapist for a family treatment center in Shenzen, China.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce L. C. Ma
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2011
• EAN: 9789629964603
• ISBN: 978-962-996-460-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology