Loneliness, Mental Health, and Substance Use among US Young Adults during COVID-19
According to Alexander, psychosocial integration is what makes human life bearable and its lack is called “dislocation” or, in common parlance, disconnection. The higher initial levels of reported loneliness in this population loneliness in sobriety are congruent with prior scientific literature indicating that people with substance use disorder experience loneliness [28]. West Virginia’s rural characteristics…