The association of public and private religious involvement with severity of depression and hopelessness in older adults treated for major depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-507

  Cruz, Mario ^a,e   Schulz, Richard ^a   Pincus, Harold A ^b   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Bensasi, Salem ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d John A Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

^e John A Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Hopelessness; Older adults; Religious involvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RELIGION;

EID: 67649252902     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31819d37a9     Document Type: Article

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