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Association Between Religious Service Attendance and Lower Suicide Rates Among US Women

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ID23332271
AuthorsTyler J Vanderweele (0000-0002-6112-0239, Harvard University, corresponding author), Shanshan Li (0000-0001-5116-3588, Harvard University), Alexander C Tsai (0000-0001-6397-7917, Mbarara University of Science and Technology), Ichiro Kawachi (0000-0003-3579-4456, Harvard University)
Year2016
Volume73
Issue8
Pages845
Publication date2016-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJAMA Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2168-622X • E-ISSN: 2168-6238
PublisherAmerican Medical Association (AMA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.1243
PMID27367927
OpenAlexW2461556580
LanguageEN
Citations received90
References cited15

In this cohort of US women, frequent religious service attendance was associated with a significantly lower rate of suicide.

Attendance · Cohort study · Confidence interval · Confounding · Hazard ratio · Proportional hazards model · Psychiatry · Demography · Internal Medicine · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology

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