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WARRINGTON, JUL 20 – Bee Kind Companions offers personalized one-to-one support to adults to reduce loneliness and promote independence, addressing a public health issue affecting over 80% of adults, researchers say.
- Researchers published a five-year study linking social anxiety symptoms at baseline to increased loneliness later, analyzing 15,010 Germans from 2007 to 2017 in the Rhine-Main region.
- The study used two assessment waves over five years and measured social anxiety, loneliness, depression, and perceived social support to understand their longitudinal links.
- A study of 47,318 U.S. adults found that over 80% experienced some degree of loneliness, which was strongly linked to an increase in the number of mentally unhealthy days and a greater risk of depression, particularly among women.
- Dr. Oluwasegun Akinyemi noted that a large majority of those surveyed experienced loneliness to some degree and highlighted its significant impact on both mental and physical health.
- These findings highlight the urgent need for policies addressing social anxiety to reduce loneliness and its health impacts, suggesting loneliness screenings as a public health priority.
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Tackling loneliness in Massachusetts — a public health priority
Loneliness isn’t just an emotional challenge — it’s become an epidemic, quietly impacting individuals and families across Massachusetts, from Boston to the Berkshires.New national data from The Cigna Group’s Loneliness in America 2025 report shows that 57% of Americans feel lonely. That means more than half the country is struggling with disconnection that can affect emotional well-being, physical health, and community ties. In Massachusetts, 1 …
Living Alone Is Great. So Why Does It Feel So Empty Sometimes?
You swore you’d cook more once you moved into your own place. But now it’s Tuesday night and you’re waiting for DoorDash while half-watching a YouTube video just to fill the silence. The dishes are yours. The laundry pile is yours. The freedom is yours. And yet, something still feels off. That’s the thing about living alone: it can be both deeply restful and unexpectedly heavy. For a growing number of young adults, it’s a milestone worth celebra…
Social anxiety predicts future loneliness, study finds — but not the other way around
New research has found that people who reported symptoms of social anxiety at the start of a five-year period were more likely to experience increased loneliness later on. In contrast, initial feelings of loneliness were not associated with later symptoms of social anxiety. The study was published in Psychological Medicine. Loneliness is a subjective emotional state that occurs when a person feels a lack of meaningful social connection or compan…
How Long Term Social Isolation Creates Self-Harming Physiological Changes in the Brain
In an incredibly insightful Ted-Ed lesson written by renowned psychiatrist Terry Kupers and directed by Camille Bovey, narrator Addison Anderson explains how long term social isolation creates self-harming physiological changes in the brain. Everyone needs time to themselves, and peaceful solitude has stress-relieving benefits. But being alone takes on an entirely different dimension when it creeps up or is forced upon you. When that’s the case…
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