Religious involvement and DSM-IV 12-month and lifetime major depressive disorder among African Americans

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 856-862

  Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a,b   Chatters, Linda M ^a,b   Abelson, Jamie M ^a  

^a Michigan School of Social Work   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Major depressive disorder; National Survey of American Life; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867401747     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6d65     Document Type: Conference Paper

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