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The loneliness epidemic is an ongoing trend of loneliness and social isolation experienced by people across the globe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The increase 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 .
Meanwhile, rates of loneliness among teens before the pandemic ranged from 9.2% to 14.4% in different parts of the world, according to a meta-analysis of pre-pandemic studies.
These masculinity norms exert a toll on everyone, even their perpetrators. Feminine gay men are at higher risk of suicide, loneliness and mental illness. Masculine gay men, for their part, are more anxious, have more risky sex and use drugs and tobacco with greater frequency. One study investigating why living in the gay community increases ...
The surgeon general of the U.S. is calling it a “loneliness epidemic.” A study published online on Feb. 7, 2020, by Neurology provides details about the association between loneliness and ...
Chronic loneliness is linked to poorer sleep and increases the odds of cardiovascular disease as much as smoking 15 cigarettes per day would. This may be because people who are chronically lonely develop long-term "fight-or-flight" stress signaling, which negatively affects immune system functioning, leading to less immunity and more inflammation .
In the US, the male loneliness crisis affects fathers deeply, says author and stay-at-home dad Shannon Carpenter. Here are ways to address the unmet need for connection.
Loneliness has long been a theme in literature, going back to the Epic of Gilgamesh. However, academic coverage of loneliness was sparse until recent decades. In the 21st century, some academics and professionals have claimed that loneliness has become an epidemic, [14] including Vivek Murthy, the Surgeon General of the United States. [15]
There is a loneliness epidemic About 1,000 people per country were surveyed from June 2022 to February 2023, through a mixture of phone calls and face-to-face surveys.