Associations between loneliness and perceived social support and outcomes of mental health problems: a systematic review

J Wang, F Mann, B Lloyd-Evans, R Ma, S Johnson - BMC psychiatry, 2018 - Springer
Background The adverse effects of loneliness and of poor perceived social support on
physical health and mortality are established, but no systematic synthesis is available of …

The gender difference in depression: are elderly women at greater risk for depression than elderly men?

JS Girgus, K Yang, CV Ferri - Geriatrics, 2017 - mdpi.com
Numerous epidemiological reports have found that adolescent, young adult, and middle-
aged adult girls and women are more likely to be diagnosed with unipolar depression and …

Changes in social relationships during an initial “stay-at-home” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal survey study in the US

LM Philpot, P Ramar, DL Roellinger, BA Barry… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2), the virus that
causes COVID-19, and consequent social distancing directives have been observed to …

The development of compassionate engagement and action scales for self and others

P Gilbert, F Catarino, C Duarte, M Matos… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Studies of the value of compassion on physical and mental health and social
relationships have proliferated in the last 25 years. Although, there are several …

Perceived social support, received social support, and depression among clergy

DE Eagle, CF Hybels… - Journal of Social and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
We argue that perceived support is best conceptualized more as a measure of how an
individual appraises his/her situation rather than a true reflection of how much support …

Mental health discourse on reddit: Self-disclosure, social support, and anonymity

M De Choudhury, S De - … of the international AAAI conference on web …, 2014 - ojs.aaai.org
Social media is continually emerging as a platform of information exchange around health
challenges. We study mental health discourse on the popular social media: reddit. Building …

Social group memberships protect against future depression, alleviate depression symptoms and prevent depression relapse

T Cruwys, GA Dingle, C Haslam, SA Haslam… - Social science & …, 2013 - Elsevier
A growing body of research suggests that a lack of social connectedness is strongly related
to current depression and increases vulnerability to future depression. However, few studies …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile sensing and support for people with depression: a pilot trial in the wild

F Wahle, T Kowatsch, E Fleisch, M Rufer… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2016 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Depression is a burdensome, recurring mental health disorder with high
prevalence. Even in developed countries, patients have to wait for several months to receive …

Social relationships and depression: ten-year follow-up from a nationally representative study

AR Teo, HJ Choi, M Valenstein - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Social network characteristics have long been associated with mental health,
but their longitudinal impact on depression is less known. We determined whether quality of …

Embodying self-compassion within virtual reality and its effects on patients with depression

CJ Falconer, A Rovira, JA King, P Gilbert, A Antley… - BJPsych …, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundSelf-criticism is a ubiquitous feature of psychopathology and can be combatted
by increasing levels of self-compassion. However, some patients are resistant to self …