"Loneliness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The state of feeling sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or being separated from others.
| Descriptor ID |
D008132
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.713 I01.880.853.748.435
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Loneliness" by people in this website by year, and whether "Loneliness" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Loneliness" by people in Profiles.
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Wang S, Barrett E, Hicks MH, Martsenkovskyi D, Holovanova I, Marchak O, Ishchenko L, Haque U, Fiedler N. Associations between mental health symptoms, trauma, quality of life and coping in adults living in Ukraine: A cross-sectional study a year after the 2022 Russian invasion. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Sep; 339:116056.
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Silk H. Friendship as Medicine. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 01 05; 36(6):1020-1022.
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Lapane KL, Lim E, McPhillips E, Barooah A, Yuan Y, Dube CE. 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. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2022 Sep-Oct; 102:104728.
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Rozenkrantz L, Bernstein MH, Hemond CC. A paradox of social distancing for SARS-CoV-2: loneliness and heightened immunological risk. Mol Psychiatry. 2020 12; 25(12):3442-3444.
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Lee J, Blackmon BJ, Lee JY, Cochran DM, Rehner TA. An exploration of posttraumatic growth, loneliness, depression, resilience, and social capital among survivors of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. J Community Psychol. 2019 03; 47(2):356-370.
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D'Agostino AE, Kattan D, Canli T. An fMRI study of loneliness in younger and older adults. Soc Neurosci. 2019 04; 14(2):136-148.
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Ready RE, Mather MA, Santorelli GD, Santospago BP. Apathy, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms: Points of convergence and divergence. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Oct 30; 244:306-11.
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Thomas KS, Akobundu U, Dosa D. More Than A Meal? A Randomized Control Trial Comparing the Effects of Home-Delivered Meals Programs on Participants' Feelings of Loneliness. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2016 11; 71(6):1049-1058.
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Zhang C, Li X, Hong Y, Su S, Zhou Y. Relationship between female sex workers and gatekeeper: the impact on female sex worker's mental health in China. Psychol Health Med. 2014; 19(6):656-66.
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Pedersen NL, Christensen K, Dahl AK, Finkel D, Franz CE, Gatz M, Horwitz BN, Johansson B, Johnson W, Kremen WS, Lyons MJ, Malmberg B, McGue M, Neiderhiser JM, Petersen I, Reynolds CA. IGEMS: the consortium on Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2013 Feb; 16(1):481-9.