Spreng R Nathan, Bzdok Danilo
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.
Adv Geriatr Med Res. 2021;3(2). doi: 10.20900/agmr20210009. Epub 2021 Mar 29.
Loneliness imposes significant risks to physical, mental and brain health in older adulthood. With the social distancing regimes implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is even greater urgency to understand the human health costs of social isolation. In this viewpoint we describe how the experience of loneliness may alter the structure and function of the human brain, and how these discoveries may guide public health policy to reduce the burden of loneliness in later life.
孤独对老年人的身心健康和大脑健康构成重大风险。在新冠疫情期间实施社交距离措施的情况下,了解社会隔离对人类健康造成的代价变得更加紧迫。在这篇观点文章中,我们阐述了孤独体验如何可能改变人类大脑的结构和功能,以及这些发现如何能够指导公共卫生政策以减轻晚年的孤独负担。