Religious beliefs and practices are associated with better mental health in family caregivers of patients with dementia: Findings from the reach study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-300

  Hebert, Randy S ^a,c   Dang, Qianyu ^b   Schulz, Richard ^b  

^a Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of General Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Caregivers; Mental health; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; GRIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447306363     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000247160.11769.ab     Document Type: Article

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