Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 28-32 , December 2008

Relationship between filial piety, meta-cognitive beliefs about rumination and response style theory in depressed Chinese patients

  • Roger M.K. Ng

      Affiliations

    • Kowloon Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 784 80047; fax: +44 20 784 80333.
    • ,
  • Dinesh Bhugra

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, PO Box 25, HSPRD, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom

Received 18 July 2008 ,Accepted 25 September 2008.

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PII: S1876-2018(08)00021-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2008.09.009

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 28-32 , December 2008

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