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Open AccessSix-year mortality associated with living alone and loneliness in Swedish men and women born in 1930
This study examined how living alone and loneliness associate with all-cause mortality in older men and women.
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Open AccessLife experienced as worth living and beyond: a qualitative study of the pathways to recovery and flourishing amongst individuals treated for borderline personality disorder
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is recognized as a leading evidence-based treatment, effective in reducing symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD), as well as co-occurring clinical syndromes. How...
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Open AccessUse of Psychoactive Medications and Risk of Suicide in Late Life (75+): A Total Population Study
Psychoactive medications play an important role for the mental health and risk of suicidal behaviour in the oldest segment of the population (75+). A better understanding of psychoactive medication use is advo...
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Open AccessThe effect of alcohol consumption on all-cause mortality in 70-year-olds in the context of other lifestyle risk factors: results from the Gothenburg H70 birth cohort study
In this study, we examined the effect of alcohol, as well as the combined effect of seven lifestyle factors, on all-cause mortality in older adults (baseline age 70 years).
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Open AccessHigh polygenic risk score for exceptional longevity is associated with a healthy metabolic profile
Healthy metabolic measures in humans are associated with longevity. Dysregulation leads to metabolic syndrome (MetS) and negative health outcomes. Recent exceptional longevity (EL) genome wide association stud...
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Open AccessGenome-wide meta-analysis for Alzheimer’s disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers
Amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) and phosphorylated tau (pTau) levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) reflect core features of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) more directly than clinical diagnosis. Initiated b...
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Open AccessComprehensive geriatric assessment is associated with increased antidepressant treatment in frail older people with unplanned hospital admissions—results from the randomised controlled study CGA-Swed
Frail older people are at higher risk of further deterioration if their needs are not acknowledged when they are acutely ill and admitted to hospital. Mental health comprises one area of needs assessment.
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Author Correction: A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease
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Open AccessAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults who present with self-harm: a comparative 6-month follow-up study
ADHD is common in psychiatric populations. This study aimed to compare clinical characteristics in adults with and without ADHD who presented with self-harm, and to compare later risk of suicidal behaviour wit...
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Open AccessHealth care utilisation two years prior to suicide in Sweden: a retrospective explorative study based on medical records
Previous literature has suggested that identifying putative differences in health care seeking patterns before death by suicide depending on age and gender may facilitate more targeted suicide preventive appro...
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Open AccessAnxiety severity and cognitive function in primary care patients with anxiety disorder: a cross-sectional study
Deficits in cognitive performance are reported in patients with anxiety disorders, but research is limited and inconsistent. We aimed to investigate cross-sectional associations between cognitive function, wit...
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Author Correction: A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease
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A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease
Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease is a prevalent age-related polygenic disease that accounts for 50–70% of dementia cases. Currently, only a fraction of the genetic variants underlying Alzheimer’s disease have be...
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Open Access‘I wanted to talk about it, but I couldn’t’, an H70 focus group study about experiencing depression in early late life
Knowledge about experiences of depression among younger-old adults from the general population is limited. The aim was to explore experiences of depression in early late life.
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Open AccessStriving for a more person-centered psychosis care: results of a hospital-based multi-professional educational intervention
Reluctance on the part of mental health professionals constitutes an important barrier to patient participation in care. In order to stimulate person-centeredness in the inpatient care of persons with psychoti...
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Open AccessWhat are the sociodemographic and gender determinants of non-fatal self-harm in older adult users and non-users of antidepressants? A national population-based study
Late-life self-harm (SH) is often linked to depression. However, very few studies have explored the role of other factors and their interaction with depression in the occurrence of late-life SH. The objective ...
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Open AccessCardiovascular and all-cause mortality attributable to loneliness in older Swedish men and women
This study examined whether loneliness predicts cardiovascular- and all-cause mortality in older men and women.
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Open AccessEffects of exercise on symptoms of anxiety, cognitive ability and sick leave in patients with anxiety disorders in primary care: study protocol for PHYSBI, a randomized controlled trial
Anxiety disorders are common and associated with reduced quality of life, impaired physical and mental health and an increased economic burden for society. While evidence exists for the effectiveness of exerci...
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Open AccessSuicidal ideation and attempts in population-based samples of women: temporal changes between 1989 and 2015
Little is known about temporal changes in the prevalence of self-reported suicidal ideation and attempts within general populations of women. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of self-reported...
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Open AccessThe Gothenburg H70 Birth cohort study 2014–16: design, methods and study population
To improve health care for older persons, we need to learn more about ageing, e.g. identify protective factors and early markers for diseases. The Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies (the H70 studies) are mult...
