Spiritual and religious beliefs as risk factors for the onset of major depression: An international cohort study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2109-2120

  Leurent, B ^a   Nazareth, I ^a   Bellon Saameno J ^b   Geerlings, M I ^c   Maaroos, H ^d   Saldivia, S ^e   Svab I ^f   Torres Gonzalez F ^g   Xavier, M ^h   King, M ^a  

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

^b El Palo Health Centre   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

General practice; longitudinal; major depression; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESTONIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883363021     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712003066     Document Type: Article

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