"Social Isolation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication.
| Descriptor ID |
D012934
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.813.781 I01.880.853.748
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Isolation- Social Isolation
- Isolation, Social
- Isolations, Social
- Social Isolations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Isolation" by people in Profiles.
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Gulledge A, Miller S, Mueller M. Social support and social isolation in adults with cystic fibrosis: An integrative review. J Psychosom Res. 2021 Nov; 150:110607.
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Liu C, Fabius CD, Howard VJ, Haley WE, Roth DL. Change in Social Engagement among Incident Caregivers and Controls: Findings from the Caregiving Transitions Study. J Aging Health. 2021 01; 33(1-2):114-124.
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Brown MJ, Weissman SB. The Impact of COVID-19 on Older Adults Living with HIV: HIV Care and Psychosocial Effects. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2020 Aug-Oct; 63(6-7):602-606.
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Milman E, Lee SA, Neimeyer RA. Social isolation and the mitigation of coronavirus anxiety: The mediating role of meaning. Death Stud. 2022; 46(1):1-13.
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Milman E, Lee SA, Neimeyer RA. Social isolation as a means of reducing dysfunctional coronavirus anxiety and increasing psychoneuroimmunity. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 07; 87:138-139.
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Huang VW, Imam SA, Nguyen SA. Head and neck survivorship care in the times of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Head Neck. 2020 Jul; 42(7):1664-1667.
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Zhu VJ, Lenert LA, Bunnell BE, Obeid JS, Jefferson M, Halbert CH. Automatically identifying social isolation from clinical narratives for patients with prostate Cancer. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2019 03 14; 19(1):43.
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Graboyes EM, Hill EG, Marsh CH, Maurer S, Day TA, Sterba KR. Body Image Disturbance in Surgically Treated Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Prospective Cohort Pilot Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 07; 161(1):105-110.
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Talley CL, Campbell BT, Jenkins DH, Barnes SL, Sidwell RA, Timmerman G, Gross RI, Coburn M, Bailey JA, Eastman A, Ficke J, Kuncir E, Letton RW, Eastridge BJ, Liepert AE, Wilson A, Robinette D, Davis JW, Shalgian C, Michaels H, Weissler MC, Kuhls DA, Bulger EM, Stewart RM. Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Firearm Strategy Team (FAST) Workgroup: Chicago Consensus I. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 02; 228(2):198-206.
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Newman SD, Li C, Krause JS. Social isolation after spinal cord injury: Indicators from the Longitudinal Aging Study. Rehabil Psychol. 2016 11; 61(4):408-416.