“You’ve got a friend in me”: can social networks mediate the relationship between mood and MCI?

Abstract Background Social networks can change with age, for reasons that are adaptive or unwanted. Social engagement is beneficial to both mental health and cognition, and represents a potentially modifiable factor. Consequently this study explored this association and assessed whether the relation...

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Main Authors: Jennifer A. Yates, Linda Clare, Robert T. Woods, The Cognitive Function and Ageing Study: Wales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-017-0542-0