Social support and protection from depression: systematic review of current findings in Western countries

• Published in: British journal of psychiatry Vol. 209; no. 4; pp. 284 - 293
• Main Authors: Gariépy, Geneviève, Honkaniemi, Helena, Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Adults; Aged; Aging; Bias; Causality; Child; Childhood; Children; Cohort analysis; Depression; Depressive Disorder; Family support; Friendship; Humans; Life course; Longitudinal studies; Measurement; Mental depression; Mental health; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Older people; Population; Protective Factors; Psychiatry; Review Articles; Reviews; Social interactions; Social research; Social Support; Spouses; Systematic review; Teenagers; Women; Young Adult; Canada

Numerous studies report an association between social support and protection from depression, but no systematic review or meta-analysis exists on this topic. To review systematically the characteristics of social support (types and source) associated with protection from depression across life perio...