For the areas of cities with less than 10% green space, increasing that to 30% could cut the overall odds of residents becoming lonely by a quarter.
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Pregnant women's experiences can affect their babies' health, even into adulthood. Researchers know societywide stresses can lead to these long-term consequences – and the pandemic likely fits the bill.
Pubs are recognised as important assets to their communities, providing economic and social value alike.
AI chatbots can provide mental health support for people who are isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Across Europe, intensified loneliness is associated with a six- to ten-fold increase in worsened depressed mood, anxiety symptoms and sleep problems.
Lifestyle medicine targets the root of chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Experts explain why everyone should embrace these free prescriptions for good health.
We can look to astronauts’ experiences for tips to improve our own situation during lockdown.
People who hear voices are six times more likely to feel lonely.
It's draining and depressing to stay on high alert month after month after month. Understanding pandemic fatigue better might help you strengthen your resolve.
Recent findings from social neuroscience show us how we can make virtual interactions almost as beneficial as real world ones.
Lockdowns have a key role in controlling COVID-19 but we must be aware of the risks of isolating people who are vulnerable to suicidal distress.
Some children are not socially engaging with their peers in the way they did before the pandemic. It's understandable if parents are worried.
Many who are lonely will overlook their own emerging signs of loneliness in hope these feelings will go away once around other people.
Even before the pandemic, disabled people reported feeling socially isolated and lonely. Their plight has only been exacerbated by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pluralism — the active process of inclusion — could reduce disparities in some of the most pressing health issues of our time.
Humans are astonishingly flexible and resilient through times of crisis. We can find creative ways to connect with people while still reducing the immediate risk.
Even those of us spared the worst of COVID-19 are missing our favorite pastimes, places and people. But pleasure can also take unexpected new forms in a pandemic.
What drives people to garden isn't the fear of hunger so much as hunger for physical contact – and a longing to engage in work that is real.
Amid emotional devastation and uncertainty, coronavirus is providing the potential for more connectedness, and for radically changing the meanings of community itself.
Anxiety and loneliness affect many people at the best of times. The pandemic-induced isolation and stress won't be helping, but cities can do many things to improve the 'emotional climate'.
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Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor in Psychology, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong
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Richard Gunderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Gerontology and Public Health, Brunel University London
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Director, Care-Connect, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Central Lancashire
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Reader in History and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of York
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Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington
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Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute
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Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Psychology and ARC Laureate Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
