H Koivumaa-Honkanen

..The aim of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship between life satisfaction and depressive symptoms in healthy adults...

..To study the bidirectional relationships between life satisfaction (LS) and alcohol use...

..Acute and chronic psychosocial stress can induce pronounced changes in human immune responses. In this study we tested our hypothesis that stress-induced low-grade tissue inflammation is more prevalent among the unemployed...

..The major goal of mental health services is to improve mental health and thus also life satisfaction. However, studies assessing factors associated with life satisfaction during recovery from depression are lacking...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-reported unhappiness and suicide...

..Studies are needed to assess global well-being during recovery from depression by comparing the assessments of patients and clinicians...

..The authors investigated whether self-reported life satisfaction predicted suicide over a period of 20 years (1976-1995) in adults unselected for mental health status...

..However, we lack long-term data on the natural course of subjective well-being in the general population. The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term course of self-reported life satisfaction...

..Life dissatisfaction may predict mortality and serve as a general health risk indicator. This effect seems to be partially mediated through adverse health behavior...

..To investigate the role of life satisfaction (LS) in fatal injuries with special references to unintentional injuries and whether health status modifies this relationship...

..The aim of this study was to investigate whether somatic comorbidity (SC) impedes recovery from depression...

..Alexithymia is associated with the enhanced psychosocial burden of suffering CHD. This patient group may need more individual support and attention than other CHD patients...

..To explore the relationship between several indicators of depression and metabolic syndrome (MetS)...

..Thus, a considerable amount of ill health was recorded in this group...

..In conclusion, if depression presents alexithymic features the subject has an additive impact on the risk of suicidal ideation...

..To examine the role of the adipose-tissue-derived low-grade inflammation markers adiponectin and resistin in major depressive disorder (MDD) in a population-based sample...

..This 12-month follow-up study investigated the prevalence of alexithymia and its relationship with depression in a sample of the general population from Eastern Finland (n = 1,584)...

..Nevertheless, little research has been carried out on possible associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and hopelessness in adulthood, and whether any gender differences exist...

..Men and women had similarly poor scores for PCS and MCS. Mental health-related factors were main correlates of HRQL and this knowledge could be used in nursing practice and in health promotion...

..Furthermore, it seems that depressive symptoms were chronic and long-lasting among the general population...

..LS scale may prove useful in screening for those whose subjective wellbeing deserves attention and in assessing alleviation from depression...

..We found a strong, graded relationship between an increasing number of adverse childhood experiences and high somatoform dissociation...

..CONCLUSION: Life dissatisfaction predicts subsequent work disability especially among the healthy...

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..The aim was to examine associations between memory complaints, cognitive performance and mood in 174 adult, clinically depressed, neurologically healthy patients at baseline and during six months of follow-up...

..CONCLUSION: Depression is a common finding and should be looked for independently of other risk factors in patients with CHD...

..More information is needed about whether they are true risk factors and independently predict the development of suicidal ideation...

..The association between life events and hopelessness in a general population is unknown...

..We investigated whether cluster C personality disorder (CPD) is associated with recovery from depression...

..Partial remission was associated with a significant impairment in psychosocial functioning and a high level of symptoms throughout the follow-up. The partial remission group must be recognized and actively treated...

..The development of a vicious circle might be prevented through early intervention at school, by offering pupils guidance, counselling and treatment...

..Thus, subjective well-being as well as depression among LSS patients should be assessed pre- and postoperatively in order to enable early intervention for those at risk of poorer life satisfaction...

..In middle-aged men, the associations between long-term depressive symptoms and circulating testosterone levels are poorly known, although it is known that testosterone levels decrease with age...

..To examine the role of chemokines of two major chemokine families, CC and CXC, in major depressive disorder (MDD) in a population-based sample...

..Furthermore, the results showed that alexithymic features could also be situational reactions to depression...

..To investigate the correlates and predictors of self-rated health (SRH) and self-reported ambulatory status (AMB) among elderly women...

..The aim of this 7-year follow-up study was to examine whether alexithymia predicts subsequent major depression, personality disorder, or alcohol use disorders in a population-based sample...

..Dopaminergic abnormalities may be present in the temporal cortices of major depressives...

..049). These findings suggest that compared with the healthy controls, those with long-term depression may have lower HDL-C values and higher atherogenic indices...

..The areas under the ROC curves were large (0.81 at baseline and 0.93 at follow-up). The same BDI-21 cut-off point is suitable for screening major depression among outpatients in any phase of the disease...

..5 (95% CI 1.3-9.3), and in women with a poor financial situation it was 3.8 (95% CI 1.5-9.4). Awareness of the stability of hopelessness offers us newpossibilities in preventative and mental health work...

..Nevertheless, the underlying mechanisms are unresolved and further studies are needed...

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..Hopelessness is associated with depression and suicidality in clinical as well as in non-clinical populations. However, data on the prevalence of hopelessness and the associated factors in general population are exiguous...

..9, 95% CI 1.5-16.0). Moreover, the presence of CPD associated with the presence of major depression at 24 months (OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.4-12.2). The presence of CPD hinders the alleviation of depressive symptoms in major depression...

..The recovery from depression and factors associated with it are not well known in the general population...

..Major depression in patients with personality disorder should be treated as effectively as possible. Moreover, service planning in rural areas needs attention...

..The aim of this study was to examine the course of and the changes in dissociative symptoms and factors associated with these changes during a 3-year follow-up of a Finnish general population sample...

..Mental health factors were strongly associated with PCS and MCS scores of HRQL. In improving HRQL in men, both physical and mental domains should be targeted in preventive and curative strategies...

..Mental health intervention, as early as possible, may serve to prevent the chronicity of depressive reactions among victims of multiple traumas...

..Comorbid personality disorder is the main factor predicting a poor short-term response in major depressive disorder...