Journal article
Social Disconnection in Schizophrenia and the General Community
Schizophrenia bulletin, Vol.44(2), pp.242-249
02/15/2018
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbx082
PMCID: PMC5814840
PMID: 28637195
Abstract
Social disability is a defining characteristic of schizophrenia and a substantial public health problem. It has several components that are difficult to disentangle. One component, social disconnection, occurs extensively in the general community among nonhelp-seeking individuals. Social disconnection is an objective, long-standing lack of social/family relationships and minimal participation in social activities. It is associated with negative health effects, including early mortality, and is distinct from subjective loneliness. These 2 topics, social disability in schizophrenia and social disconnection in the general community, have generated entirely distinct research literatures that differ in their respective knowledge gaps and emphases. Specifically, the consequences of social disability in schizophrenia are unknown but its determinants (ie, nonsocial cognition, social cognition, and social motivation) have been well-examined. Conversely, the health consequences of social disconnection in the general community are well-established, but the determinants are largely unknown. Social disconnection is a condition that presents substantial public health concerns, exists within and outside of current psychiatric diagnostic boundaries, and may be related to the schizophrenia spectrum. A comparison of these 2 literatures is mutually informative and it generates intriguing research questions that can be critically evaluated.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social Disconnection in Schizophrenia and the General Community
- Creators
- Michael F Green - Department of Veterans Affairs, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CAWilliam P Horan - Department of Veterans Affairs, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CAJunghee Lee - Department of Veterans Affairs, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CAAmanda McCleery - Department of Veterans Affairs, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CAL Felice Reddy - Department of Veterans Affairs, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CAJonathan K Wynn - Department of Veterans Affairs, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Schizophrenia bulletin, Vol.44(2), pp.242-249
- DOI
- 10.1093/schbul/sbx082
- PMID
- 28637195
- PMCID
- PMC5814840
- NLM abbreviation
- Schizophr Bull
- ISSN
- 0586-7614
- eISSN
- 1745-1701
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000025, name: National Institute of Mental Health, award: MH110470
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/15/2018
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984065372502771
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