Physicians Practice November 28, 2024
Loneliness can have a negative effect on patient health, here’s how to spot it and help.
This is the first of a two-part blog series on epidemics, both infectious and social. In this first blog, I will provide a brief history of infectious epidemics and discuss the epidemic of loneliness. I will then provide suggestions for identifying loneliness in our patients and recommendations for helping them solve their loneliness issues.
Epidemics and pan epidemics have occurred for thousands of years. It is interesting how societies have tried to find explanations for infectious diseases that have afflicted large numbers of communities and caused the death of millions of humans. Some scapegoated the gods or their enemies. Others blamed planetary alignments. For...
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