Religious participation and DSM-IV disorders among older African Americans: Findings from the national survey of american life

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 957-965

  Chatters, Linda M ^a,d   Bullard, Kai McKeever ^b   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Woodward, Amanda Toler ^c   Neighbors, Harold W ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Michigan School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Church attendance; Depression; Mood disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149377357     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181898081     Document Type: Article

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