![]() ![]() Further loneliness gradually diminishes through the middle adult years, and then again increases in old age (i.e., ≥70 years). Therefore it is necessary to intervene at the right time to prevent the psychological problems and physical disorders arising due to affects of loneliness in elderly population. India is destined to become the second largest population of elderly people in the coming years. ![]() In India elderly patient population is increasing and their psychological problems are on a rise. ![]() However elderly who have physical illness and disability report higher prevalence of loneliness, compared to elderly without physical illness and disability. The reason for this is that elder people have definite copying skills and can adjust accordingly to solitude, while as adolescents lack definite copying skills and adolescent period is the time of life when being accepted and loved is of such major importance to the formation of one’s identity. Loneliness is generally reported more among adolescents and young children, contrary to the myth that it occurs more in elderly. Loneliness is a common experience with 80% of population below 18 years of age and 40% of population above 65 years of age report loneliness at least sometimes in their life. However most of these studies were done in elderly patients only. There are just a few studies in India, in which relationship of loneliness with other psychiatric disorders has been studied. In India very little research has been done on psychological and physical affects of loneliness. Research addressing loneliness has increased dramatically over the past 2 decades however, despite the mental health risks associated with being lonely, the relationship between loneliness and psychiatric disorders has not been sufficiently explored. Loneliness is caused not by being alone, but by being without some definite needed relationship or set of relationships. Loneliness is one of the main indicators of social well-being. Loneliness is the absence of imperative social relations and lack of affection in current social relationships. Loneliness reminds us of the pain and warns us of the threat of becoming isolated. Loneliness is a painful universal phenomenon that has an evolutionary basis. ![]()
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