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

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-186

  Cruwys, Tegan ^a   Dingle, Genevieve A ^a   Haslam, Catherine ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a   Morton, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Loneliness; Mental health; Social capital; Social identity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENCE RISK; SOCIAL GROUP MEMBERSHIP; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM;

DEPRESSION; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL IDENTITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84890187477     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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