We review two key theories that may help to explain how loneliness arises, is maintained and may be overcome. These are cognitive theories of loneliness and the social identity approach. The chapter goes on to highlight the significant physical and mental health implications of loneliness, ...
Health care workers, as well as society at large, recognize that social isolation and loneliness (SI/L) are major public health concerns in higher-income countries. Almost one-fourth of community-dwelling older adults are socially isolated, while 35% of adults 45 years and ...
In contrast, some individuals can be socially isolated and yet lead healthy lives without experiencing loneliness. However, comprehensive research on the mechanisms through which social isolation or loneliness impactsmental healthhas been scarce. In a new studypublishedinPLOS ONE, researchers from the Un...
self-imposed) as disrupting social relationships and eliciting loneliness, isolation, and depressive symptomology. Four main themes about young people's subjective experiences of stigma were identified: 1)Others’ Misunderstanding of Mental Health Disorders and the Impact Misunderstanding has...
Loneliness and Social Isolation (SI) has evolved into an epidemic and WHO has alarmed many developed and developing countries that their citizens are going through the epidemic of loneliness and SI. It affects the Mental Health status of a person & leads to morbidities and premature death. ...
14. “The worst kind of loneliness in the world is isolation that comes from being misunderstood. It can make people lose their grasp on reality.”― Shyza Chaudhry 15. “To truly strip a man of everything, one must take away his money, community, and the core of his beliefs until he...
“Loneliness and social isolation aren’t just social issues—they can also affect a person’s physical and mental health, and the fabric of communities,”said Dan G. Blazer II, MD, MPH, PhD, J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus and professor of community and family medicine at Du...
, ever since the virus’s outbreak in 2019 more attention has been directed toward loneliness as an important yet overlooked determinant of health. Recent research shows that loneliness has direct impacts on longevity, mental, and physical health and well-being, especially among vulnerable social ...
To explore the longitudinal associations between eight-year trajectories of loneliness, social isolation and healthcare utilisation (i.e. inpatient, outpat
The winners of the MENTAL Health Innovation Challenge provide a glimpse of the innovative ideas that could prove to be difference makers. Social isolation and loneliness, particularly among older and disabled people, has reached...