Religious activity and lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorder

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Maselko, Joanna ^a   Buka, Stephen ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Mental health; Religious activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER BIAS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION;

EID: 37549025411     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0271-3     Document Type: Article

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