Loneliness and health
Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors.
Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 165, 160, 194, 222, 210.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Social Isolation and Loneliness After Brain Injury: What Can Be Done? A Guide for Individuals With Brain InjuryArch Phys Med Rehabil2026 Aug 5
- Digital media exposure and pediatric health: the recommendations from the Italian Society of Pediatrics Digital Dependency CommissionItal J Pediatr2026 Jan 23
All papers from the last 12 months
3,172 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Suicidality profiles among Korean adults: Ideation recency, lifetime behavioral history, and current psychiatric morbidityJ Affect Disord2027 Jan 1PMID 42849855
- Exploring experiences of loneliness among stroke survivors living in the community: a secondary qualitative analysisInt J Qual Stud Health Well-being2026 Dec 31PMID 42499134
- 'Going back home', going to the 'ghetto': Sociability between men who have sex with men at the most critical point of COVID-19 in BrazilGlob Public Health2026 Dec 31PMID 41964105
- Cyberbullying and cyber sexual harassment as predictors of subjective health complaints. A cross-sectional study among Swedish adolescentsInt J Circumpolar Health2026 Dec 31PMID 41928418
- The transition to motherhood: a qualitative study of new mothers' experiences of loneliness and associated challengesInt J Qual Stud Health Well-being2026 Dec 31PMID 41891395
- "There's no place like home, but…": dependent older adults' narratives on the health and well-being limits of ageing in placeInt J Qual Stud Health Well-being2026 Dec 31PMID 41858030
- "With all your friends in your pocket" - a qualitative study about adolescents' experiences with social media from a health-promoting perspectiveInt J Qual Stud Health Well-being2026 Dec 31PMID 41792042
- Me, myself, and high: precipitants of emerging adult solitary cannabis useAddict Behav Rep2026 DecPMID 42861372
- The development and preliminary validation of a multidimensional assessment scale for loneliness in nursing homesInt J Nurs Stud Adv2026 DecPMID 42860993
- Are quantitative targets for social network size and interaction frequency appropriate for public health guidelines on social connection? Evidence from loneliness and related mental health outcomesSSM Popul Health2026 DecPMID 42775002
More psychiatry trends
All specialties →AI chatbots in mental health
Chatbots and language models used for mental health support.
Key point: PDC30, a self-guided automated intervention with an AI-powered counseling chatbot, improved caregiver depression, burden, and positive gains versus waitlist at 1 month.
Digital mental health apps
Smartphone apps and digital programmes for depression and anxiety.
Key point: Smartphone-delivered lifestyle medicine reduced depressive symptoms more than waitlist control and maintained within-group improvements through 3-month follow-up in probable depression.
ADHD in adults
Diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults.
Gut microbiome and mental health
Links between the gut microbiome and depression or anxiety.
Psilocybin therapy
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression and other conditions.
Brain stimulation for depression
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, including accelerated theta-burst protocols, for depression.
Key point: Connectivity- or frequency- and connectivity-individualized accelerated iTBS failed to yield significant antidepressant benefits over sham stimulation in treatment-resistant depression.
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loneliness[tiab]Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.