The goal of this prospective study is to better understand the link between loneliness and depression in the inpatient psychiatric treatment of depression. It aims to answer: Do lonely and not lonely persons benefit the same way from inpatient depression treatment? Is loneliness a clinical relevant factor in inpatient treatment of depression? What are the underlying biopsychosocial mechanisms? Participants will be asked to do some * self-report questionnaires * clinical interview * biosampling (blood, saliva, stool) at three main measurement timepoints (1. begin of inpatient treatment, 2. day of discharge, 3. three months after discharge).
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Depression (symptom severity)
Timeframe: Baseline/T0 (recruitment, normally day 1 of inpatient stay and maximum of day 7), T1 (end of inpatient stay ± 7 d, normally 7 days up to 50 weeks), Follow-Up/T2 (three months after clinical discharge ± 7 d); measured T0 to T1 and T0 to T2 and T1 to T2
Loneliness
Timeframe: Baseline/T0 (recruitment, normally day 1 of inpatient stay and maximum of day 7), T1 (end of inpatient stay ± 7 d, normally 7 days up to 50 weeks), Follow-Up/T2 (three months after clinical discharge ± 7 d); measured T0 to T1 and T0 to T2 and T1 to T2
Depression
Timeframe: Baseline/T0 (recruitment, normally day 1 of inpatient stay and maximum of day 7), T1 (end of inpatient stay ± 7 d, normally 7 days up to 50 weeks), Follow-Up/T2 (three months after clinical discharge ± 7 d); measured T0 to T1 and T0 to T2 and T1 to T2
Loneliness
Timeframe: Baseline/T0 (recruitment, normally day 1 of inpatient stay and maximum of day 7), T1 (end of inpatient stay ± 7 d, normally 7 days up to 50 weeks), Follow-Up/T2 (three months after clinical discharge ± 7 d); measured T0 to T1 and T0 to T2 and T1 to T2
Franziska Sonnauer, Dr. med., M.Sc.