The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · June 2013
Conclusions: Loneliness is prevalent among older veterans in the United States, and associated with several health and psychosocial variables. These results suggest that multifactorial interventions that emphasize bolstering of social support and reduction of depressive symptoms may help mitigate loneliness in the rapidly growing population of older veterans. (Am J Geriatric Psychiatry 2013)