@article{ref1,
title="Religion and medicine II: religion, mental health, and related behaviors",
journal="International journal of psychiatry in medicine",
year="2001",
author="Koenig, H. G.",
volume="31",
number="1",
pages="97-109",
abstract="In this second in a series of articles on religion and medicine, I focus on the relationship between religion and mental health. This discussion is based on a comprehensive and systematic review of a century of research examining religion's relationship to mental health, social support, substance abuse, and other behaviors affecting mental or social functioning. This review includes over 630 separate data-based reports that focus on religion and well-being, hope and optimism, meaning and purpose, depression, suicide, anxiety, psychosis, social support and marital stability, alcohol and drug abuse, cigarette smoking, extra-marital sexual behaviors, and delinquency. Reasons for the associations found are discussed and conclusions drawn in light of the findings.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-2174",
doi="10.2190/BK1B-18TR-X1NN-36GG",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/BK1B-18TR-X1NN-36GG"
}