Open AccessLoneliness and Risk of Alzheimer Disease
Author(s) -
Robert S. Wilson,
Kristin R. Krueger,
Steven E. Arnold,
Julie A. Schneider,
Jeremiah F. Kelly,
Lisa L. Barnes,
Yuxiao Tang,
David A. Bennett
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.64.2.234
Subject(s) - loneliness , dementia , clinical dementia rating , social isolation , cognition , psychology , cohort , ucla loneliness scale , alzheimer's disease , cognitive decline , affect (linguistics) , disease , gerontology , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , communication
Social isolation in old age has been associated with risk of developing dementia, but the risk associated with perceived isolation, or loneliness, is not well understood.
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