Maternal depression and the intergenerational transmission of religion

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 338-345

  Gur, Merav ^a,b   Miller, Lisa ^b   Warner, Virginia ^a   Wickramaratne, Priya ^a   Weissman, Myrna ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Intergenerational; Religion; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROGENY; RELIGION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 18844380429     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000161701.05878.8a     Document Type: Article

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