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A recent study finds that friends ought not let friends with dementia be lonely. The surprising part? Why staying friends is good for the friend without dementia as well as for the one who has it.
How has the first generation of kids to grow up with the iPhone been affected?
Hopper’s brand of Americanism was a counterpoint to American optimism. Fifty years after his death, his legacy lives on.
For many of the nation’s poor, food and shelter are more important than health care. Questions of insurance coverage loom broadly, but another question lingers: how to treat the poor we do not see.
Don’t listen to the headlines linking binge watching to depression and loneliness. It can be a positive experience – but only if we think of it as a good thing.
Loneliness is a major cause of health problems, and many programs have aimed to alleviate it among the elderly. But it might be wise to treat loneliness at its roots, which for many is in childhood.
In a highly individualistic world where work prevents us from spending time with friends and family, a universal basic income could change society.
Some have said that technology could lead to ‘a new ice age’ of social isolation. Not so fast, says the author of a new book about shyness.
Stop-motion may be associated with children, but in Anomalisa it effectively gives substance to a world that is recognisable, but just out of kilter.
A drug to treat loneliness may be on the cards. But would we want it?
The unpleasant feelings of loneliness are subjective. Researchers have found they are less related to the amount of time spent alone and more related to the quality of relationships.
Combining age-related loneliness with other social issues could help breathe new life into public services.
Singing in a choir really can change your life for the better. And yes, anyone can do it
Older people aren’t all lonely for the same reasons – we need different solutions to help them feel socially included.
Loneliness in older people is a serious issue but when I visited HenPower, a lottery-funded project in the north east that puts older people and hens together, I admit I had been expecting another worthy…
Anyone who has experienced feelings of loneliness knows how terrible it is. In his poem To Edith, Bertrand Russell calls loneliness “the solitary pain” and evokes the “ecstasy and peace” his wife gave…
Isolation and loneliness pose an increasing threat to the health of Australians, many of whom are cut off from friends and locals by ill-conceived urban design, a report has warned. Social Cities, produced…
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Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor Applied Social and Policy Research; Director, Centre for Loneliness Studies, Sheffield Hallam University
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Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Research Fellow, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
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Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington
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Associate Professor in Urban Health and Environment; NHMRC Career Development Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Modern History and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, King's College London
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Professor of Cities and Planetary Health, ARC Future Fellow in nature-based solutions for loneliness, University of Sydney
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Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University
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Professor in Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioural Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor of Gerontology and Public Health, Brunel University London
