TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Religion and medicine II: religion, mental health, and related behaviors
JO  - International journal of psychiatry in medicine
A1  - Koenig, H. G.
SP  - 97
EP  - 109
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-2174
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/BK1B-18TR-X1NN-36GG
ID  - ref1
ER  -