Loneliness is not merely an emotional state; it acts as a physiological stressor that increases risks for heart disease and ...

Periods of prolonged social isolation have long been associated with difficult emotions and, in some cases, with the emergence of psychiatric symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, and difficulties ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the developing “social brain." Here’s what we know—and when parents should be ...

America has never been more connected by technology, yet more isolated by design. We reach the pinnacle of individual success only to find ourselves in a loneliness epidemic of our own making.  In a ...