The Government’s Role in Combating Loneliness
The Wall Street Journal: Loneliness is hazardous to your health—and more psychologists and doctors are calling for a public-health campaign… More
Social Isolation
Caring for Others Can Bring Benefits
A growing body of evidence suggests that providing social support for others can benefit caregivers… More
How Loneliness Begets Loneliness
The Atlantic: “I’m clearly a textbook case of the silent majority of middle-aged men who won’t admit they’re starved for… More
Loneliness Can Be Deadly for Elders; Friends Are the Antidote
The New York Times: The circle shrinks. As the years pass, older people attend too many funerals. Friendships that sustained… More
Helping the lonely and elderly during the holidays
The Baltimore Sun: When 92-year-old Carolyn Bochau gets a visitor at home, she concedes that she turns into a chatterbox… More
How Social Isolation Is Killing Us
The New York Times: My patient and I both knew he was dying. Not the long kind of dying that… More