Depression and Subsequent Risk for Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women.
Sparks JA, Malspeis S, Hahn J, Wang J, Roberts AL, Kubzansky LD, Costenbader KH.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Jan. 73(1):78-89. PMID: 32937012
Professor
Laura Diane Kubzansky
Lee Kum Kee Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Other Positions
Co-Director Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Bibliography
Posttraumatic stress disorder and likelihood of hormone therapy use among women in the Nurses' Health Study II: a 26-year prospective analysis.
Lawn RB, Nishimi KM, Kim Y, Jung SJ, Roberts AL, Sumner JA, Thurston RC, Chibnik LB, Rimm EB, Ratanatharathorn AD, Jha SC, Koenen KC, Tworoger SS, Kubzansky LD.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Dec 21. PMID: 33355196
A sad heart: Depression and favorable cardiovascular health in Brazil.
Bousquet-Santos K, Chen R, Kubzansky LD.
Prev Med. 2021 Jan. 142:106378. PMID: 33346038
Depression, smoking, and lung cancer risk over 24 years among women.
Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Zevon ES, Kawachi I, Tucker-Seeley RD, Kubzansky LD.
Psychol Med. 2020 Dec 03. 1-10. PMID: 33267930
Association of Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms With Mortality in Women.
Roberts AL, Kubzansky LD, Chibnik LB, Rimm EB, Koenen KC.
JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 01. 3(12):e2027935. PMID: 33275156
The Prospective Association of Social Integration With Life Span and Exceptional Longevity in Women.
Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Zevon ES, Kawachi I, Tucker-Seeley RD, Grodstein F, Kubzansky LD.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2020 Nov 13. 75(10):2132-2141. PMID: 31495897
Psychological resilience: an update on definitions, a critical appraisal, and research recommendations.
Denckla CA, Cicchetti D, Kubzansky LD, Seedat S, Teicher MH, Williams DR, Koenen KC.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2020 Nov 10. 11(1):1822064. PMID: 33244362
Childhood Abuse and Cognitive Function in a Large Cohort of Middle-Aged Women.
Roberts AL, Sumner JA, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD, Grodstein F, Rich-Edwards J, Weisskopf MG.
Child Maltreat. 2020 Nov 09. 1077559520970647. PMID: 33161764
Optimism and Cardiovascular Health: Longitudinal Findings From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study.
Boehm JK, Qureshi F, Chen Y, Soo J, Umukoro P, Hernandez R, Lloyd-Jones D, Kubzansky LD.
Psychosom Med. 2020 10. 82(8):774-781. PMID: 32833896
Anxiety, Depression, and Colorectal Cancer Survival: Results from Two Prospective Cohorts.
Trudel-Fitzgerald C, Tworoger SS, Zhang X, Giovannucci EL, Meyerhardt JA, Kubzansky LD.
J Clin Med. 2020 Sep 30. 9(10). PMID: 33007946
News
PTSD with depression may significantly increase risk of early death in women
For immediate release: December 4, 2020 Boston, MA – Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression have an almost fourfold greater risk of early death from cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, type 2 diabetes, accidents, suicide, and other…
Optimism linked with lower risk of high blood pressure
People who had the highest levels of optimism—the tendency to believe good events are likely and bad events are unlikely—had a 22% lower risk of developing hypertension than those with the lowest levels of optimism, according to a…
An optimistic outlook may be a healthier one
In a population of U.S. Army active-duty soldiers, those who tested highest for optimism were less likely to develop hypertension than those who scored the lowest.
PTSD linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer
For immediate release: September 5, 2019 Boston, MA – Women who experienced six or more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in life had a twofold greater risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women…
New evidence that optimists live longer
After decades of research, a new study links optimism and prolonged life.
