Life course and mental health: a thematic and systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study explored the influence of the life course on mental health by identifying key trends, seminal works, and themes in existing research. Additionally, it highlights the major discussions at the intersection of life course and mental health.

Methods

Documents were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC), to systematically analyze themes on mental health outcomes across the life course. The analysis was based on key bibliometric tools, including VOSviewer 1.6.11, R Studio software, and GraphPad Prism 9 to analyze the evolution and impact of scholarly contributions in this domain.

Results

The accumulated body of research concerning the life course's impact on mental health, which began to emerge around 1990 displayed a consistently upw

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11412817 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature