Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

A 50-state survey study of thoughts of suicide and social isolation among older adults in the United States.

Author(s): Solomonov N, Green J, Quintana A, Lin J, Ognyanova K, Santillana M, Druckman J, Baum MA, Lazer D, Gunning FM, Perlis RHJournal: J Affect DisordPMID: 37086804 April 2023

We aimed to characterize the prevalence of social disconnection and thoughts of suicide among older adults in the United States,…

Prevalence of Firearm Ownership Among Individuals With Major Depressive Symptoms.

Author(s): Perlis RH, Simonson MD, Green J, Lin J, Safarpour A, Lunz Trujillo K, Quintana A, Chwe H, Della Volpe J, Ognyanova K, Santillana M, Druckman J, Lazer D, Baum MAJournal: JAMA Netw OpenPMID: 35311961 March 2022

Both major depression and firearm ownership are associated with an increased risk for death by suicide in the United States,…

Association of Major Depressive Symptoms With Endorsement of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among US Adults.

Author(s): Perlis RH, Ognyanova K, Santillana M, Lin J, Druckman J, Lazer D, Green J, Simonson M, Baum MA, Della Volpe JJournal: JAMA Netw OpenPMID: 35061036 January 2022

Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccination may contribute substantially to vaccine hesitancy and resistance.

Association Between Social Media Use and Self-reported Symptoms of Depression in US Adults.

Author(s): Perlis RH, Green J, Simonson M, Ognyanova K, Santillana M, Lin J, Quintana A, Chwe H, Druckman J, Lazer D, Baum MA, Della Volpe JJournal: JAMA Netw OpenPMID: 34812844 November 2021

Some studies suggest that social media use is associated with risk for depression, particularly among children and young adults.

Gender-specificity of resilience in major depressive disorder.

Author(s): Perlis RH, Ognyanova K, Quintana A, Green J, Santillana M, Lin J, Druckman J, Lazer D, Simonson MD, Baum MA, Chwe HJournal: Depress AnxietyPMID: 34370885 August 2021

The major stressors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to understand the extent to which protective factors against…

Persistence of symptoms up to 10 months following acute COVID-19 illness.

Author(s): Perlis RH, Green J, Santillana M, Lazer D, Ognyanova K, Simonson M, Baum MA, Quintana A, Chwe H, Druckman J, Volpe JD, Lin JJournal: medRxivPMID: 33758896 March 2021

COVID-19 symptoms are increasingly recognized to persist among a subset of individual following acute infection, but features associated with this…