Category Archive for: "depression"

The Relation of Religious Belief and Practices, Depression, and Hopeless in Persons with Clinical Depression

July 16, 2019 depression, mental health

Religious belief and practices have been associated with lower levels of depression in persons dealing with stressful situations. In this study, researchers examined this relationship in 271 [...]
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Spiritual Well-Being, Depression, and Stress Among Hemodialysis Patients in Jordan

April 15, 2019 depression

PURPOSE: The spiritual dimension of a patient’s life is an important factor that may mediate detrimental impacts on mental health. The lack of research investigating spiritual well-being, [...]
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Effects of Religious versus Standard Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Optimism in Persons with Major Depression and Chronic Medical Illness

October 22, 2018 anxiety, depression

Background: We compared the effectiveness of religiously integrated cognitive behavioral therapy (RCBT) versus standard CBT (SCBT) on increasing optimism in persons with major depressive disorder [...]
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Investigating the Mutual Effects of Depression and Spiritual Well-Being on Quality of Life in Hospice Patients with Cancer and Family Caregivers Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

December 5, 2017 depression, quality of life

The World Health Organization and the leading hospice organizations have emphasized the inclusion of family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer into end-of-life care, as these two dyad [...]
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Prevalence of depression amongst medical students: a meta-analysis

December 5, 2017 depression, education

CONTEXT: Medical schools are known to be stressful environments for students and hence medical students have been believed to experience greater incidences of depression than others. We evaluated [...]
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