Objective: Social support and social integration have been linked to lower rates of morbidity
and mortality. However, the biological mechanisms responsible for such links need greater …

Women become depressed more frequently than men, a consistent pattern across cultures.
Inflammation plays a key role in initiating depression among a subset of individuals, and …

Social support seems to enhance wellbeing and health in many populations. Conversely,
poor social support and loneliness are a social determinant of poor health outcomes and …

In this article, I build a new line of health inequality research that parallels the emerging
structural racism literature. I develop theory and measurement for the concept of structural …

Two decades of research indicate causal associations between social relationships and
mortality, but important questions remain as to how social relationships affect health, when …

The persistence of stark health inequalities in today's world is painfully clear to see, not least
in the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and falling life expectancy in many parts of the world …

Page 1 Optimizing brain health across the life course: WHO position paper World Health
Organization Page 2 World Health Organization Optimizing brain health across the life course …

This study examined the associations between social support from different relationship
types (ie, spouses, children, friends, and parents) and psychological well-being (ie …

Social, cultural, economic, and biological factors are widely recognized as critical
determinants of well-being across the life course. Yet an integrative understanding of the …

Objective Social relationships can both influence and be influenced by immune processes.
Past work implicates two distinct pathways along which this interaction may occur …