The role of religion and spirituality in mental health

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-363

  Weber, Samuel R ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; psychiatry; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84905577906     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000080     Document Type: Review

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