Religious involvement and the use of mental health care

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 395-410

  Harris, Katherine M ^a   Edlund, Mark J ^b   Larson, Sharon L ^a  

^a SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health care utilization; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RELIGION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RELIGION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644860225     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00500.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Andersen RM. 1995 Revisiting the Behavioral Model and Access to Medical Care Does It Matter? Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36 1 1 10
2. Bosworth HB. KS. Park DR. McQuoid JC. Hays DC. Steffens 2003 The Impact of Religious Practice and Religious Coping on Geriatric Depression International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 18 10 905 14
3. Frank RG. MS. Kamlet 1989 Determining Provider Choice for the Treatment of Mental Disorder The Role of Health and Mental Health Status Health Services Research 24 1 83 103
4. General Social Survey 2002 Custom Frequency on "How Often Do You Attend Religious Services?" Accessed April 19, 2005 American Religion Data Archive available at
5. Green WH. 2003 Econometric Analysis New York Prentice Hall
6. Harris KM. MJ. Edlund 2005 Self-Medication of Mental Health Problems New Evidence from A National Survey Health Services Research 40 1 117 34
7. Hill PC. KI. Pargament 2003 Advances in the Conceptualization and Measurement of Religion and Spirituality. Implications for Physical and Mental Health Research American Psychologist 58 1 64 74
8. Kendler KS. TJ. Gallagher JM. Abelson RC. Kessler 1996 Lifetime Prevalence, Demographic Risk Factors, and Diagnostic Validity of Nonaffective Psychosis as Assessed in a US Community Sample. The National Comorbidity Survey Archives of General Psychiatry 53 11 1022 31
9. Kessler RC. PR. Barker LJ. Colpe JF. Epstein JC. Gfroerer E. Hiripi MJ. Howes SL. Normand RW. Manderscheid EE. Walters AM. Zaslavsky 2003 Screening for Serious Mental Illness in the General Population Archives of General Psychiatry 60 2 184 9
10. Koenig HG. LK. George BL. Peterson 1998 Religiosity and Remission of Depression in Medically Ill Older Patients American Journal of Psychiatry 155 4 536 42
11. Koenig HG. ME. McCullough DB. Larson 2001 Handbook of Religion and Health New York Oxford University Press
12. Long JS. 1997 Regression Models for Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications
13. Mohr S. P. Huguelet 2004 The Relationship between Schizophrenia and Religion and Its Implications for Care Swiss Medical Weekly 134 25-26 369 76
14. Narrow WE. DA. Regier DS. Rae RW. Manderscheid BZ. Locke 1993 Use of Services by Persons with Mental and Addictive Disorders. Findings from the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program Archives of General Psychiatry 50 2 95 107
15. Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2002 "Serious Mental Illness among Adults."The NHSDA Report, Rockville, MD.
16. Pescosolido BA. CB. Gardner KM. Lubell 1998 How People Get into Mental Health Services Stories of Choice, Coercion and 'Muddling through' from 'First-Timers' Social Science and Medicine 46 2 275 86
17. Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 2002 "Religion and Politics: The Ambivalent Majority." Accessed April 14, 2005; available at
18. StataCorp 2003 Survey Data, Release 8.0 College Station, TX Stata Corporation
19. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2003 "Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings."NHSDA, Series H-22, DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3836, Rockville, MD.
20. Wang PS. PA. Berglund RC. Kessler 2003 Patterns and Correlates of Contacting Clergy for Mental Disorders in the United States Health Services Research 38 2 647 73
21. Wang PS. PA. Berglund M. Olfson RC. Kessler 2004 Delays in Initial Treatment Contact after First Onset of a Mental Disorder Health Services Research 39 2 393 415
22. Young JL. EE. Griffith DR. Williams 2003 The Integral Role of Pastoral Counseling by African-American Clergy in Community Mental Health Psychiatric Services 54 5 688 92