The effect of religiosity and spirituality on psychological well-being among forensic psychiatric patients in Canada

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-532

  Mela, Mansfield A ^a,b   Marcoux, Eugene ^a   Baetz, Marilyn ^a   Griffin, Ron ^a,c   Angelski, Carla ^a   Deqiang, Gu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Regional Psychiatric Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 46649089770     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670701584847     Document Type: Article

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