Religious versus Conventional Psychotherapy for Major Depression in Patients with Chronic Medical Illness: Rationale, Methods, and Preliminary Results.

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Published in Depress Res Treat on June 13, 2012

Authors

Harold G Koenig1

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3400 Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.

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