Neuroanatomical correlates of religiosity and spirituality a study in adults at high and low familial risk for depression

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 128-135

  Miller, Lisa ^a,b   Bansal, Ravi ^c   Wickramaratne, Priya ^c,d   Hao, Xuejun ^c   Tenke, Craig E ^c   Weissman, Myrna M ^b,c,d   Peterson, Bradley S ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Division of Epidemiology New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CUNEUS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMILTON SCALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRECUNEUS; PROGENY; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893861390     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.3067     Document Type: Article

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