Loneliness increasing more among 18-34 year olds than any other age group

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Impact of isolation emerging as ‘very serious public health issue’, says Institute of Public Health

Loneliness is increasing more among 18 to 34 year olds than for any other age group and is emerging as a “very serious public health issue”, according to the“All the focus has been on older people and perhaps we have been neglecting the impact of loneliness and isolation on our younger people,” consultant psychiatrist at St James’s hospital, ProfData from Prof Roger O’Sullivan of the Institute of Public Health in 2018 showed that three per cent of 18 to 34 year olds said they were lonely “all...

Extreme loneliness increased for all bar the over-70s for whom it remained at five per cent – from five to nine per cent among 35 to 44 year olds; from three to 15 per cent among 45 to 54 year olds and from three to seven per cent among 55 to 69 year olds. Those at greatest risk have been people with underlying physical or mental health conditions, women, people living in urban areas, in single-person households and poorer people.

 

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Bullshite what about the elderly & the other age groups, your paper is crap

This is a huge problem and it’s been completely overlooked

Jesus - I truly fear for my daughters who turn 18 when we go back to normal - they've missed the end of the 'Wes' timeframe and straight onto 'all Ireland final night in coppers' level every night when they get out.

Don't worry. When you get to 35 you'll hate everyone anyway.

Same across the Irish Sea. Youth are continuing to suffer for the sake of us wrinklies :(

I know it's tough but it's the only way forward. We need permanent lockdowns. We can't afford to lose anymore lives from this virus. Lockdown4ever

Is that cause Coppers in closed?

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