Religion, spirituality and mental health: Results from a national study of English households

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-73

  King, Michael ^a   Marston, Louise ^a   McManus, Sally ^b   Brugha, Terry ^c   Meltzer, Howard ^c   Bebbington, Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872135064     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.112003     Document Type: Article

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