Twelve-year history of late-life depression and subsequent feelings to god

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1272-1281

  Braam, Arjan W ^a,b   Schaap Jonker, Hanneke ^c   Van Der Horst, Marleen H L ^a   Steunenberg, Bas ^d   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   Van Tilburg, Willem ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; God image; old age; population; religious coping; religiousness

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MINOR DEPRESSION; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84927952536     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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