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Religious affiliation and major depression.

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Meador, KG; Koenig, HG; Hughes, DC; Blazer, DG; Turnbull, J; George, LK
Published in: Hosp Community Psychiatry
December 1992
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Data from the Duke Epidemiologic Catchment Area survey were used to examine the relationship between religious affiliation and major depression among 2,850 adults in the community. Religious affiliations were categorized into six groups: mainline Protestant (27 percent), conservative Protestant (59 percent), Pentecostal (4.2 percent), Catholic (2.4 percent), other religions (2.6 percent), and no affiliation (4.4 percent). The six-month prevalence of major depression among Pentecostals was 5.4 percent, compared with 1.7 percent for the entire sample. Even after psychosocial factors such as gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, negative life events, and social support were controlled for, the likelihood of major depression among Pentecostals was three times greater than among persons with other affiliations. Carefully designed studies are needed to understand the complex interactions of religion and mental health.

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Keith G. Meador
Author Keith G. Meador Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...
Harold G. Koenig
Author Harold G. Koenig Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychol ...
Daniel German Blazer
Author Daniel German Blazer Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...
Linda K. George
Author Linda K. George Sociology
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Published In

Hosp Community Psychiatry

DOI

10.1176/ps.43.12.1204

ISSN

0022-1597

Publication Date

December 1992

Volume

43

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1204 / 1208

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Support
  • Risk Factors
  • Religion and Psychology
  • Religion
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Life Change Events
  • Incidence
 

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Meador, K. G., Koenig, H. G., Hughes, D. C., Blazer, D. G., Turnbull, J., & George, L. K. (1992). Religious affiliation and major depression. Hosp Community Psychiatry, 43(12), 1204–1208. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.12.1204
Meador, K. G., H. G. Koenig, D. C. Hughes, D. G. Blazer, J. Turnbull, and L. K. George. “Religious affiliation and major depression.” Hosp Community Psychiatry 43, no. 12 (December 1992): 1204–8. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.12.1204.
Meador KG, Koenig HG, Hughes DC, Blazer DG, Turnbull J, George LK. Religious affiliation and major depression. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1992 Dec;43(12):1204–8.
Meador, K. G., et al. “Religious affiliation and major depression.” Hosp Community Psychiatry, vol. 43, no. 12, Dec. 1992, pp. 1204–08. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ps.43.12.1204.
Meador KG, Koenig HG, Hughes DC, Blazer DG, Turnbull J, George LK. Religious affiliation and major depression. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1992 Dec;43(12):1204–1208.

Published In

Hosp Community Psychiatry

DOI

10.1176/ps.43.12.1204

ISSN

0022-1597

Publication Date

December 1992

Volume

43

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1204 / 1208

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Support
  • Risk Factors
  • Religion and Psychology
  • Religion
  • North Carolina
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Life Change Events
  • Incidence