Access to Behavioral Health, Social Determinants of Health, Wellness/Preventive Care, Well-Being & Resilience Social Isolation and Loneliness: Understanding a Mental Health Crisis May 15, 2024 By Azziza Bankole, M.D., DFAPA Social isolation and loneliness are important social determinants of physical and mental health that we, as a society, need to pay attention to and develop ways to mitigate their deleterious effects.