Battling the Modern Behavioral Epidemic of Loneliness: Suggestions for Research and Interventions

JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 1;77(6):553-554. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0027.

Authors

Dilip V Jeste^{1

2}, Ellen E Lee^{1

3}, Stephanie Cacioppo^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego.
² Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, San Diego.
³ Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Brain Dynamics Laboratory, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Epidemics
Humans
Loneliness / psychology*
Research*
Substance-Related Disorders / psychology*
Suicide / psychology*

Grant support

K23 MH119375/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States