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Social connection as a critical factor for mental and physical health: evidence, trends, challenges, and future implications (2024)

Holt-Lunstad, Julianne. World Psychiatry, 23(3), 312-332. DOI 10.1002/wps.21224

This authoritative review synthesises the cumulative evidence base linking social connection to mental health, physical morbidity and mortality, and documents societal trends toward greater disconnection. It provides a conceptual three-component framework (structure, function, quality), a worked taxonomy of relevant terms, risk-profile matrices, and a set of national-strategy recommendations. [draft]

Population: General population across all ages and health statuses, synthesised from hundreds of studies and millions of participants worldwide.

Keywords: social-connection, social-isolation, loneliness, mortality, public-health.

Evidence: high, review, narrative-review. Risk of bias: low.