Religiousness and recovery from inpatient geriatric depression: Findings from the PEJAMA Study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 560-567

  Payman, Vahid ^a   Ryburn, Bridget ^b  

^a Peter James Centre   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Inpatients; Religiousness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 77952865657     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048671003606078     Document Type: Article

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