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Geriatric psychology began in 1978 with a spike in interest in mental health and the effects of aging. There was a slow increase in the number of aging adults in the U.S. population. There was a small group of 11 people who met together to talk about late-life mental health needs and the field of geriatrics.
Research also suggests that social isolation and mortality in the elderly share a common link to chronic inflammation with some differences between men and women. [70] Social isolation has also been found to be associated with poor mental health including increased risk for depression , cognitive decline, anxiety , and substance use. [ 66 ]
The health impact of loneliness is so far-reaching that one study compared it to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. A lot of research on social isolation and loneliness focuses on seniors .
For the superintendent pharmacist at Pharmica, Carolina Goncalves, loneliness, especially chronic loneliness, can have a negative impact on our health. “Research shows that loneliness and poor ...
In May 2023, Murthy published a United States Department of Health and Human Services advisory on the impact of the epidemic of loneliness and isolation in the United States. [74] The report likened the dangers of loneliness to other public health threats such as smoking and obesity.
Persistent loneliness may significantly increase the risk of dementia according to a 2024 new study published in Nature Mental Health. [95] Researchers found that loneliness was associated with a 31% higher likelihood of developing any form of dementia, and it also raised the risk of cognitive impairment by 15%. [96]
Isolation and loneliness are an epidemic as damaging to Americans' individual and public health as smoking and obesity, the surgeon general said in an advisory.
The loneliness epidemic is an ongoing trend of loneliness and social isolation experienced by people across the globe. [1] [2] The uptick may have begun in the 2010s and was exacerbated by the isolating effects of social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [3]