Loneliness and depression in the elderly: the role of social network

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 381-390

  Domènech Abella, Joan ^a,b,c   Lara, Elvira ^a,b,c   Rubio Valera, Maria ^c,e,f   Olaya, Beatriz ^a,b,f   Moneta, Maria Victoria ^a,b,f   Rico Uribe, Laura Alejandra ^b,d   Ayuso Mateos, Jose Luis ^b,d,g   Mundó, Jordi ^c   Haro, Josep Maria ^a,b,g  

^a PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Research Network on Preventative Activities and Health Promotion (REDIAPP RD06/0018/0017)   (Spain)

^f Sant Joan de Deu   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN;

EID: 85011707934     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1339-3     Document Type: Article

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