openalexFrontiers in Psychiatry2026-07-24
Clinical relevance of loneliness in the treatment of depression: study protocol for a naturalistic prospective longitudinal study
Franziska Sonnauer, Franca L. Fries, Maksym Druzenko, Ulrich W. Kastner, Christiane Mühle, Johannes Kornhuber
Background Loneliness and depression are widespread and severely debilitating health conditions. Notably, loneliness and depression are closely intertwined, with individuals suffering from depression being particularly vulnerable to loneliness and vice versa. However, little is k…