Loneliness, Anxiety, PTSD: How COVID-19 Altered Our Mental Health and 10 Ways...
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, to say that our mental health has felt the impact is painfully obvious and a massive understatement. "What we have endured over the past year...
View ArticleLoneliness - Happiness Report: World shows resilience in face of COVID19
An annual report on happiness around the world suggests the coronavirus pandemic has not crushed people's optimism about the future after a year of loneliness, anxiety...
View ArticleLoneliness: 'Alone is ok, but being lonely - it hurts'
A report by MPs and peers is calling on ministers to reconnect communities and combat loneliness after coronavirus.
View ArticlePersistent loneliness during midlife can increase risk of dementia,...
Being persistently lonely during midlife appears to make people more likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's Disease later in life. However, people who recover from...
View ArticleSocioeconomic status and other factors predict older adults' loneliness...
Low socioeconomic status, worse physical health and less resiliency predicted loneliness among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a...
View ArticleMiddle-Age Loneliness Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
Midlife loneliness was tied to late-life dementia and Alzheimer's disease, but the relationship depended on whether loneliness persisted, according to data from the Framingham...
View ArticleLoneliness - 6 Things That Surprise Me Most About Raising Teens
We've all heard the jokes about raising teens. The cliches. The stereotypes. It seems like I had been a mom for all of two hot minutes before the warnings about “ the teen...
View ArticleWisdom, loneliness and your intestinal multitude
Scientists have taken the connection between wisdom, loneliness and biology one step further, reporting that wisdom and loneliness appear to influence - and/or be influenced by...
View ArticleStudy: Wisdom and loneliness can influence the gut microbial diversity
It may take guts - or more precisely, a diverse gut microbiome - to achieve wisdom and fend off loneliness. Or perhaps it's the other way around, report UC San Diego researchers.
View ArticleLoneliness - Need to Dust Off Your Social Skills?
After a year of virtual gathering, getting back to real-life relationships can be intimidating. These eight simple exercises can help.
View Article12 Ways to Beat Loneliness
Feeling lonely these days - maybe more than normal? Take these steps to help you get through it.
View ArticleLoneliness - Parents, Stop Talking About the ‘Lost Year'
Teenagers and tweens will be fine, experts say - if adults model resilience.
View ArticleLoneliness decreases gut diversity, greater wisdom has opposite effect, study...
Greater wisdom or more loneliness are associated with positive and negative manifestations in gut microbial diversity, an exploratory study has found.
View ArticleLoneliness - Gearing Up for the ‘New Normal'
In “The New Normal,” Dr. Jennifer Ashton explores the mental health repercussions of the pandemic and ways to rebuild our overall health.
View ArticleLoneliness - Feeling Blah During the Pandemic? It's Called Languishing
It's the neglected middle child of mental health, and can dull your motivation and focus. It may be the dominant emotion of 2021.
View ArticleLoneliness - Astronauts' mental health risks tested in the Antarctic
Astronauts who spend prolonged time alone in space face mental health stressors like loneliness, isolation and more. A psychologist developed the Mental Health Checklist, a...
View ArticleLoneliness - Survey reveals elevated mental health problems among...
In a worldwide survey, pregnant and postpartum women reported high levels of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and post-traumatic stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
View ArticleLoneliness - Pregnant and postpartum women at elevated risk of mental health...
Substantial proportions of pregnant and postpartum women scored high for symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness and post-traumatic stress in relation to COVID-19 in a...
View ArticleLoneliness - Pregnant and postpartum women at elevated risk of mental health...
Substantial proportions of pregnant and postpartum women scored high for symptoms of anxiety, depression, loneliness and post-traumatic stress in relation to COVID-19 in a...
View ArticleChildhood cancer survivors at risk for loneliness
Some childhood cancer survivors appeared at elevated risk for loneliness, according to study results presented during the virtual Oncology Nursing Society Congress. “Timely...
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