"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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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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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Loneliness" by people in Profiles.
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Momentary loneliness among older adults: Contextual differences and their moderation by gender and race/ethnicity. Soc Sci Med. 2021 09; 285:114307.
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Associations of loneliness and social isolation with actigraph and self-reported sleep quality in a national sample of older adults. Sleep. 2021 01 21; 44(1).
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Hearing Impairment and Loneliness in Older Adults in the United States. J Appl Gerontol. 2021 10; 40(10):1366-1371.
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Increases in loneliness during medical school are associated with increases in individuals' likelihood of mislabeling emotions as negative. Emotion. 2022 Jun; 22(4):740-750.
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Battling the Modern Behavioral Epidemic of Loneliness: Suggestions for Research and Interventions. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 06 01; 77(6):553-554.
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Genetic risk for major depressive disorder and loneliness in sex-specific associations with coronary artery disease. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 08; 26(8):4254-4264.
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Phenome-wide investigation of health outcomes associated with genetic predisposition to loneliness. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 11 15; 28(22):3853-3865.
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Social Isolation, Loneliness, And Violence Exposure In Urban Adults. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 10; 38(10):1670-1678.
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Genetic Contributions to Loneliness and Their Relevance to the Evolutionary Theory of Loneliness. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2019 05; 14(3):376-396.
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Loneliness predicts a preference for larger interpersonal distance within intimate space. PLoS One. 2018; 13(9):e0203491.