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social science subjects > health and social care > lifestyle medicine and health > behavioral medicine > health benefits of religion
... > social science subjects > health and social care > medical science > medicine > behavioral medicine > health benefits of religion
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health benefits of religion  

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  • Decades of research have identified a significant influence of dimensions of religious involvement on physical and mental health and general well-being. Efforts to understand the how and why of a religion-health connection have occupied sociologists, psychologists, and health scientists for many years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health; Religion, health Benefits of]

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