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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Religiosity and decreased risk of substance use disorders: is the effect mediated by social support or mental health status?
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Online First 28 August 2009

The negative association between religiosity (religious beliefs and church attendance) and the likelihood of substance use disorders is well established, but the mechanism(s) remain poorly understood. We investigated whether this association was mediated by social support or mental health status.

The association between religiosity and decreased likelihood of a substance use disorder does not appear to be substantively mediated by either social support or mental health status.

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