Associations between loneliness and acute hospitalisation outcomes among patients receiving mental healthcare in South London: a retrospective cohort study.

Mayur ParmarRuimin MaSumudu AttygalleChristoph MuellerBrendon StubbsRobert StewartGayan Perera

Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2021)

Loneliness in patients receiving mental healthcare is associated with higher use of general hospital services. Increased attention to the physical healthcare of this patient group is therefore warranted.

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