Loneliness is not simply being alone.
As a species we need human to human connection to service and thrive, and the research is proving it.
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Social Isolation and Loneliness: Imperatives for Health Care in a Post-COVID World
Eve Escalante, MSW, LCSW1; Robyn L. Golden, MA, LCSW1; Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN2 | Jama Network | February 2021
Scientists show what loneliness looks like in the brain
A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, ...
Loneliness in youth could impact mental health over the long term
Elsevier | Science Daily | November 2020
Loneliness and its impact on the American workplace
Cigna Report | March 2020
80 people went to Dallas emergency rooms 5,139 time in a year – usually because they were lonely
Teresa Woodard | WFAA ABC | May 2019
Loneliness costs the US almost $7 billion extra each year
Corinne Purtill | Quartz | October 2018
The science of loneliness
Robin Marantz Henig | Psychology Today | April 2014