Loneliness in the era of COVID|19

The Loneliness Epidemic: Escape Post-pandemic Social Isolation

“Stay-at-home orders resulted in people isolating themselves, and in a time of heightened anxiety during this collective trauma, keeping ...

COVID-19 pandemic led to increase in loneliness around the world

Such measures undoubtedly increased social isolation, but research has found that social isolation does not always lead to loneliness. Social ...

Loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic - PMC

Being lonely has several adverse impacts on mental health. Reduced time in bed spent asleep (7% reduced sleep efficiency) and increased wake time after sleep ...

Loneliness before and after COVID-19: Sense of Coherence and ...

... loneliness before and after such a stressful period. In a cross-sectional study, 974 Israeli participants (sample 1: 540 participants before the pandemic ...

Loneliness in the Era of COVID-19 - Frontiers

This article is part of the Research Topic From Loneliness to Belonging. View all 8 articles. Loneliness in the Era of COVID-19.

Loneliness: A signature mental health concern in the era of COVID-19

Loneliness is significantly higher than normal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Loneliness was associated with increased depression and suicidal ideation.

Young adults hardest hit by loneliness during pandemic, study finds

... lonely “frequently” or “almost all the time or all the time” in the prior four weeks, compared with 25 percent who recalled experiencing ...

Loneliness in the time of COVID-19: an alarming rise - The Lancet

Loneliness is a painful, subjective experience characterised by a feeling of insufficient or unsatisfactory desired social connections.

How the pandemic changed life for aging adults | CU Boulder Today

'An epidemic of loneliness': How the pandemic changed life for aging adults ... 59% spend more time at home than before pandemic; 41% go to ...

COVID-19 and Loneliness: When It Seems Like No One Cares

Everyone goes through times when they feel disconnected from others and alone in the world. This can be especially hard when you're already feeling low and ...

Loneliness at the age of COVID-19 | Journal of Medical Ethics

In this essay, I first review loneliness in general and specifically in the context of COVID-19. I then argue that loneliness should be understood as a social ...

The loneliness pandemic | Harvard Magazine

The health implications of loneliness have become clearer over time. According to the research of Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor of psychology and ...

Addressing Loneliness in the Era of COVID-19 - JAMA Network

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely exacerbating loneliness by drastically reducing routine and intimate interactions and substituting face-to-face ...

COVID-19 Loneliness - Psychiatric Times

Researchers suggest that a “pulling together” effect may be the reason behind this phenomenon. Shared experiences during COVID-19 led to a ...

COVID-19 Is Making America's Loneliness Epidemic Even Worse

The irony, Hodgson says, is she was thrilled to live alone before the coronavirus pandemic hit, enjoying her “me time” and the newfound ...

Loneliness won't end when the pandemic ends - CNN

Loneliness won't end when the pandemic ends ... The "loneliness epidemic," as some experts call it, was a problem well before Covid-19.

COVID-19 and loneliness: A rapid systematic review

Some countries enforced lockdowns where individuals were required to stay in their homes for a period of time to slow the spread of the virus ( ...

Loneliness in the time of COVID‐19: Impact on older adults

Loneliness can lead to depression, cognitive dysfunction, disability, cardiovascular disease and increased mortality rates.

Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation - HHS.gov

In recent years, about one-in-two adults in America reported experiencing loneliness.1-3 And that was before the COVID-19 pandemic cut off so many of us from ...

Loneliness Among Older Adults Before and During the COVID-19 ...

In June 2020, more than half of older adults (56%) reported feeling isolated from others (43% some of the time, 13% often) compared to 27% (22% ...