Loneliness and Other New Findings
Loneliness has been defined for treatment and diagnostic purposes as comprising a persistent sense of lack of companionship, of feeling left out, and of isolation. This condition of loneliness has been linked to the accumulation of the substance amyloid in the brains of people who are at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.(JAMA Psychiatry,2016;73(12):1230-1237). Together with mild …