Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	52649
Country	Norway

Category	Psychiatry
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Visual impairment and depression: Age-specific prevalence, associations with vision loss, and relation to life satisfaction
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Audun Brunes and Trond Heir
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number European Commission, Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations ECHO/SUB/2015/718665/PREP17 Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted S23/2017 Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted S20/2018 Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted S12/2019
Corresponding Author	Audun Brunes, PhD, Research Scientist, Section for Trauma, Catastrophes and Forced Migration - Adults and Elderly, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, PB 181 Nydalen, Oslo NO-0409, Norway. audun.brunes@nkvts.no
Key Words	Blindness; Depression; Life satisfaction; Major depression; Vision loss; Visual impairment
Core Tip	Depression in people with visual impairment (VI) goes often unrecognized and untreated, yet knowledge about its occurrence can help to inform the design of mental health services targeting the specific population. The study’s findings of a high rate of depressive disorders in adults with VI, particularly among young and middle-aged adults, should in part be interpreted in the light of the extensive stigma, discrimination, isolation, and loneliness that they experience. For depressed adults with VI, the consequences may be severe in terms of a lower quality of life.
Citation	Brunes A, Heir T. Visual impairment and depression: Age-specific prevalence, associations with vision loss, and relation to life satisfaction. World J Psychiatr 2020; 10(6): 139-149

Received	2020-01-31 09:29
Peer-Review Started	2020-01-31 09:30
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2020-03-24 15:11
Revised	2020-05-18 08:07
Second Decision	2020-05-20 10:39
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2020-05-22 05:15
Articles in Press	2020-05-22 05:15
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2020-06-08 07:27

ISSN	2220-3206 (online)
Open Access	This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Copyright	© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Permissions	For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/207
Publisher	Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Website	http://www.wjgnet.com