"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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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Loneliness".
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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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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Loneliness" by people in Profiles.
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Associations Between Loneliness and Cognitive Resilience to Neuropathology in Older Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2023 05 26; 78(6):939-947.
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Race and Apolipoprotein E-e4 Allele Status Differences in the Association Between Loneliness and Cognitive Decline. Psychosom Med. 2023 04 01; 85(3):231-237.
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The plight of loneliness in Parkinson's disease: New opportunities. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2022 Dec; 105:145-148.
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Pandemic Lessons: Resilience and Hope. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2022 Jan; 60(1):11-12.
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Social Isolation and Loneliness: Imperatives for Health Care in a Post-COVID World. JAMA. 2021 Feb 09; 325(6):520-521.
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Psychosocial Factors Associated with Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos and its Sociocultural Ancillary Study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021; 79(1):433-449.
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Loneliness Interacts With Cognition in Relation to Healthcare and Financial Decision Making Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Gerontologist. 2020 11 23; 60(8):1476-1484.
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Important Correlates of Purpose in Life Identified Through a Machine Learning Approach. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 05; 29(5):488-498.
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Loneliness 5 years ante-mortem is associated with disease-related differential gene expression in postmortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Transl Psychiatry. 2018 01 10; 8(1):2.
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Loneliness in Older Black Adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated with Poorer Cognition. Gerontology. 2017; 63(3):253-262.