Social Isolation

Young people with schizophrenia had elevated risk for sudden cardiac death, and biopsychosocial factors related to social isolation impacted the cardiac risk factor burden in individuals with schizophrenia, researchers reported.

Self-reported social isolation and loneliness could indicate increased risk for incident HF, according to research published in JACC: Heart Failure.

Animal therapy and technological interventions in long-term care facilities were shown to improve loneliness in older adults, a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open showed.

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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.

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.

Children and youth with more screen time had increased risk for poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a longitudinal cohort study conducted in Canada and published in JAMA Network Open.

Areas with high levels of social fragmentation had higher rates of psychosis, according to results of a systematic review published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Long-term care facilities’ frequent location in socially isolated neighborhoods increased risk for 30-day all-cause mortality among residents, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.