The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak

Yuval Palgi; Amit Shrira; Lia Ring; Ehud Bodner; Sharon Avidor; Yoav Bergman; Sara Cohen-Fridel; Shoshi Keisari; Yaakov Hoffman

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.036

The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak

Yuval Palgi, Amit Shrira, Lia Ring, Ehud Bodner, Sharon Avidor, Yoav Bergman, Sara Cohen-Fridel, Shoshi Keisari, Yaakov Hoffman

University of Haifa, Bar-Ilan University

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• Loneliness was the main risk factor for depression, anxiety and their comorbidity. • Probable clinical level of depression and anxiety was not predicted by risk for COVID-19 complications. • adults above 60, displayed greater resilience to psychiatric disorders associated with the COVID-19 crisis.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	109-111
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume	275
Early online date	8 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.036
State	Published - 1 Oct 2020

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Palgi, Y., Shrira, A., Ring, L., Bodner, E., Avidor, S., Bergman, Y., Cohen-Fridel, S., Keisari, S., & Hoffman, Y. (2020). The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Affective Disorders, 275, 109-111. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.036

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