id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-299833-f2q6di3t Pietrabissa, Giada Psychological Consequences of Social Isolation During COVID-19 Outbreak 2020-09-09 .txt text/plain 2857 139 47 Loneliness has been an emerging issue in society in recent years, and has been linked to depression, irritability, and preoccupation with negative self-related thoughts, alongside a 26% increase in risk of premature death. Like social isolation, loneliness has been linked to depression (Cacioppo et al., 2006; Han and Richardson, 2010) , increased cortisol levels (Edwards et al., 2010; Miller, 2011) , lowered immunity (Cole et al., 2011) , and clinical disease, with attendant increases in length and frequency of hospital stays (Thurston and Kubzansky, 2009; Hawker and Romero-Ortuno, 2016) . Unlike the common and ineliminable moments of crisis that characterize the existence of each of us -which, although destabilizing, represent a unique and fundamental opportunity to review personal strategies for problem management -in this period, people are experiencing impotence, vulnerability, and a feeling of loss of control over one's life as a response to something indeterminate in time and space. An overview of systematic reviews on the public health consequences of social isolation and loneliness ./cache/cord-299833-f2q6di3t.txt ./txt/cord-299833-f2q6di3t.txt