Religion/spirituality and depression: What can we learn from empirical studies?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-12

  Blazer, Dan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIGION; RISK REDUCTION; SUICIDE; WELLBEING; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84857206143     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11091407     Document Type: Editorial

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