Religion and depression in older medical inpatients

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 282-291

  Koenig, Harold G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Heart failure; Lung disease; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 34447336461     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000246875.93674.0c     Document Type: Article

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