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Adult Children and Elderly Parents: The Worlds of the New Testament |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Mental health problems, especially depression and dementia, are common among the elderly. The faith community is well positioned to assist elders with these disorders, but to do so, clergy will need to recognize these disorders and know when to refer. Studies have shown that religious faith allows elders to cope more effectively with mental health problems |
| Keywords: | Bereavement delusions dementia depression faith community hallucination involutional melancholia mental health pastoral care religious faith suicide survival |