Belief in a concerned God predicts response to treatment for adults with clinical depression

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1000-1008

  Murphy, Patricia E ^a   Fitchett, George ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical depression; Clinical sample; Religion; Response to treatment; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIGION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 70349504207     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20598     Document Type: Article

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