Religious denomination as a symptom-formation factor of depression in older Dutch citizens

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 458-466

  Braam, Arjan W ^a,b   Sonnenberg, Caroline M ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Van Tilburg, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PCA Valeriuskliniek   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Population; Religion; Symptom formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RISK; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0034038338     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200005)15:5<458::AID-GPS141>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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