Religion and Spirituality Protect Against Depression

In The American Journal of Psychiatry, a longitudinal study of 114 persons at high risk for depression found that those who reported more religiosity at 10 years were 75% to 90% less likely to be depressed at 20 years. An editorial in the same issue discusses the historical and current relevance of religion and spirituality to clinical work and the validity of empirical research on the topic.
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