Religious involvement and obsessive compulsive disorder among African Americans and Black Caribbeans

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-510

  Himle, Joseph A ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^b   Chatters, Linda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Minority; Obsessive compulsive; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RELIGION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CATHOLICISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84859007872     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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