Loneliness

Type 2 diabetes risk was more than twice as high among adults who reported feeling most lonely compared with those who reported no loneliness, according to study results published in Diabetologia.

Social isolation and loneliness are associated with a 29% increased risk for myocardial infarction and/or cardiovascular death and a 32% increased risk for stroke and stroke death, according to the American Heart Association.

Social isolation and loneliness are common and underrecognized determinants of CV and brain health, and more research is needed to understand causal pathways and interventions, according to a new scientific statement.

Higher levels of loneliness reported in children prior to the age of 12 years predicted alcohol-related issues emerging in adulthood, researchers reported in Addictive Behaviors Reports.

A recent survey showed that older Asian American adults in California reported lower life satisfaction and received less social and emotional support than older adults from other populations.

Social isolation and loneliness are independently associated with an 11% to 16% higher risk for CVD among older women, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Loneliness may signal underlying psychotic experiences among adolescents, according to results of a population-based birth cohort study published in Schizophrenia Research.

The COVID-19 pandemic is “taking an emotional toll on family physicians,” according to researchers who created and implemented a small survey in Kansas.

Social isolation and loneliness were associated with elevated risk for CVD in older women, researchers reported.

Over half of employees reported that their employers have become more accommodating to their mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a national public opinion poll by the American Psychiatric Association.