Time for united action on depression: a Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission

H Herrman, V Patel, C Kieling, M Berk, C Buchweitz… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary “Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive
in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating intellect—as to verge close to …

[HTML][HTML] Social connection in long-term care homes: a scoping review of published research on the mental health impacts and potential strategies during COVID-19

J Bethell, K Aelick, J Babineau, M Bretzlaff… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Good social connection is associated with better health and wellbeing. However,
social connection has distinct considerations for people living in long-term care (LTC) …

The association between loneliness and depressive symptoms among adults aged 50 years and older: a 12-year population-based cohort study

SL Lee, E Pearce, O Ajnakina, S Johnson… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Loneliness is experienced by a third of older adults in the UK and is a
modifiable potential risk factor for depressive symptoms. It is unclear how the association …

Subjective vitality and loneliness explain how coronavirus anxiety increases rumination among college students

G Arslan, M Yıldırım, M Aytaç - Death studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the relationship between coronavirus anxiety and rumination with
subjective vitality and loneliness as mediators. The online sample included 356 Turkish …

Loneliness and depression symptoms among the elderly in nursing homes: A moderated mediation model of resilience and social support

X Zhao, D Zhang, M Wu, Y Yang, H Xie, Y Li, J Jia… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Loneliness has been identified as a risk factor for depressive symptoms. Resilience and
social support have been regarded as underlying protective factors. Little is known about the …

[HTML][HTML] Use of machine learning approach to predict depression in the elderly in China: a longitudinal study

D Su, X Zhang, K He, Y Chen - Journal of affective disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Early detection of potential depression among elderly people is conducive for
timely preventive intervention and clinical care to improve quality of life. Therefore …

Health effects of loneliness and social isolation in older adults living in congregate long term care settings: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence

KL Lapane, E Lim, E McPhillips, A Barooah… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background: Mounting evidence of loneliness and negative health impacts has placed
loneliness among the “geriatric giants” in need of intervention by the healthcare system …

The double jeopardy of feeling lonely and unimportant: State and trait loneliness and feelings and fears of not mattering

SE McComb, JO Goldberg, GL Flett… - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There have been recent concerns about an “epidemic of loneliness” during the pandemic,
given the pervasiveness of loneliness in the population and its harmful effects on health and …

Longitudinal associations between rumination and depressive symptoms in a probability sample of adults

MA Whisman, A du Pont, P Butterworth - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background According to the Response Styles Theory, rumination maintains and
exacerbates depression. This study was conducted to examine the bidirectional longitudinal …

Risk factors for depression in elderly diabetic patients and the effect of metformin on the condition

F Chen, G Wei, Y Wang, T Liu, T Huang, Q Wei, G Ma… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background At present, only a few studies have focused on the risk factors for depression in
elderly diabetic patients, and there is little evidence for the effect of metformin in depressed …