Summary of major research in Spirituality and Mental Health. Subjects addressed: brain neuroimaging of religious and non-religious patients; religiousness of the Brazilian; complexity of the relationship religion and science; depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, suicide, alcohol use, drugs and their relationship to religiosity / spirituality.
Alexander Moreira-Almeida, M.D., Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Research Center in Spirituality and Health (NUPES), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil. Chair of the Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association
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Religiosity and Major Depression in Adults at High Risk: A Ten-Year Prospective: Studyajp.psychiatry...
Neuroanatomical Correlates of Religiosity and Spirituality
A Study in Adults at High and Low Familial Risk for Depression: jamanetwork.co...
Religiosity, mood symptoms, and quality of life in bipolar disorder: onlinelibrary....
Religiosity, depression, and quality of life in bipolar disorder: a two-year prospective study: www.scielo.br/s...
Religion as a protective factor against drug use among brazilian university students: a national survey: www.scielo.br/s...
Association Between Religious Service Attendance and Lower
Suicide Rates Among US Women: pdfs.semantics...
Envolvimento religioso e fatores sociodemográficos: resultados de um levantamento nacional no Brasil
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