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Ahead of another holiday season, the World Health Organization is launching a diverse commission to combat loneliness and spread awareness. Although there are roughly 8 billion people on the ...
The effects of loneliness on individual physical health have been a subject of study. ... rates of loneliness among teens before the pandemic ranged from 9.2% to 14.4% in different parts of the ...
Social isolation among older adults has been linked to an increase in disease morbidity, a higher risk of dementia, and a decrease in physical mobility along with an increase in general health concerns. Evidence of increased cognitive decline has been link to an increase in social isolation in depressed elderly women. [63]
The fact that loneliness contributes to a 68% greater risk of developing dementia is frightening. A study published online on Feb. 7, 2020, by Neurology provides details about the association ...
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]
Older people have different requirements from society and government, and frequently have differing values as well, such as for property and pension rights. [1] Older people are also more likely to vote, and in many countries the young are forbidden from voting. Thus, the aged have comparatively more, or at least different, political influence. [2]
Loneliness isn’t just a male problem but an everyone problem – because “harmful manifestations of masculinity and manhood don’t just impact boys and men themselves, but also the women and ...
[9] [10] That research has linked loneliness to deteriorating health. [11] Holt-Lunstad was the first US-based researcher to publish studies connecting poor social support to morbidity. [1] As a result of her in-depth research, Holt-Lunstad was selected to serve as a scientific advisor for the Australian Coalition to End Loneliness in 2017. [12]