Disparities in severe loneliness between adults with and without a serious mental illness.

IF 1.8 3区医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-13 DOI:10.1037/prj0000591

Shinichi Nagata, Bryan McCormick, Eugene Brusilovskiy, Greg Townley, Mark S Salzer

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Abstract

Objective: Severe loneliness infrequently occurs in the general population but has very significant impacts on health and quality of life. This study examined the extent to which severe loneliness is experienced by adults with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) relative to adults in the general population and its possible implications for psychiatric rehabilitation services.

Method: Data were gathered from samples of individuals with SMI (N = 231) and a general community sample of adults (N = 300) using the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale.

Results: The results indicate that loneliness was much greater among those with SMI than the general adult population sample (Cohen's d = 1.220) and approximately 41% of the participants with SMI were "severely lonely" versus 7.3% of the non-SMI adult sample.

Conclusions and implications for practice: Severe loneliness is extremely common among individuals with SMI. Psychiatric rehabilitation services that focus on socialization and mattering are needed to address this significant public health issue. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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患有和不患有严重精神疾病的成年人之间严重孤独感的差异。

目的:重度孤独在一般人群中不常见，但对健康和生活质量有非常显著的影响。本研究调查了严重精神疾病(SMIs)成年人相对于普通人群的严重孤独感程度及其对精神康复服务的可能影响。方法:采用加州大学洛杉矶分校的孤独量表，从重度精神障碍患者(N = 231)和普通社区成人样本(N = 300)中收集数据。结果:结果表明，重度精神分裂症患者的孤独感比一般成年人样本要大得多(Cohen’s d = 1.220)，大约41%的重度精神分裂症患者“严重孤独”，而非重度精神分裂症成人样本的比例为7.3%。结论和实践意义:重度孤独在重度精神分裂症患者中极为常见。要解决这一重大的公共卫生问题，需要注重社会化和重视的精神病康复服务。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c) 2023 APA，版权所有)。

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal Multiple-

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3.80

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5.30%

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期刊介绍： The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal is sponsored by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, at Boston University"s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and by the US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) . The mission of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal is to promote the development of new knowledge related to psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery of persons with serious mental illnesses.