Religious versus conventional psychotherapy for major depression in patients with chronic medical illness: Rationale, methods, and preliminary results

Depression Research and Treatment

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Koenig, Harold G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84873809698     PISSN: 20901321     EISSN: 2090133X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/460419     Document Type: Review

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