Religiosity, spirituality, and depressive symptoms in pregnant women

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-313

  Mann, Joshua R ^a   McKeown, Robert E ^b   Bacon, Janice ^a   Vesselinov, Roumen ^b   Bush, Freda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c East Lakeland Ob/Gyn Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Pregnancy; Religion; Spirituality; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 37549022241     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.37.3.g     Document Type: Article

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