Causal inference and longitudinal data: a case study of religion and mental health.
Tyler J VanderWeeleJohn W JacksonShanshan LiPublished in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2016)
Longitudinal designs, with careful control for prior exposures, outcomes, and confounders, and suitable methodology, will strengthen research on mental health, religion and health, and in the biomedical and social sciences generally.