In her debut blog, Carolina Guzman Holst reviews a recent cross-sectional study exploring the role of loneliness in relation to self-injurious thoughts and behaviour in the context of the Integrated Motivational Volitional (IMV) model of suicidal behaviour.
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For: lonelinessDoes the relationship between loneliness and suicidal ideation vary between men and women of different ages?
In her debut blog, Sharon Eager considers a study exploring gender-specific associations of loneliness and suicidal ideation in a representative population sample suggesting that young, lonely men are particularly at risk.
[read the full story...]How living alone, loneliness and lack of emotional support link to suicide and self-harm
Yutung Ng reviews a cohort study exploring the links between loneliness, living alone and emotional support with suicidality and self-harm.
[read the full story...]What’s the best approach for managing social disability in young people with emerging severe mental illness?
Zoe Hunter and Derek Tracy summarise a new RCT on social recovery therapy out today in the British Journal of Psychiatry, which investigates how to prevent and treat social disability in young people with emerging severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Do experiences of loneliness differ across the lifespan?
Gemma Wilson-Menzfeld and Alison Osborne review a nationally representative US survey which finds that loneliness affects people of all ages; particularly young adults, people in middle age, and also very old age.
[read the full story...]How are loneliness, social isolation and frailty linked with age?
Clarissa Giebel explores a recent prospective study using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), which looks at the longitudinal relationship between loneliness, social isolation, and frailty in older adults in England.
[read the full story...]Loneliness “from the outside”: how are lonely young people perceived by others?
In her debut blog, Phoebe McKenna-Plumley explores a mixed methods study of young people, which finds concordance between self-reported loneliness and others’ perceptions of loneliness.
[read the full story...]Isolation and loneliness in women living with perinatal depression: how can we heal our dislocated self and relationships?
In her debut blog, Jacqueline Kent-Marvick reviews a qualitative study exploring the role of isolation and loneliness in the narratives of women diagnosed with perinatal depression.
[read the full story...]Loneliness in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: All the lonely people, where [in Canada] do they all come from?
Heather McClelland reviews a recent study which explores who is most likely to experience loneliness in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[read the full story...]Loneliness linked to mid-life depression: can tackling loneliness help prevent depression in older people?
A group of students from the UCL MSc in Mental Health Studies summarise a study on the association between loneliness and depression among older adults.
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