Handbook of Loneliness

The problem of loneliness has increased dramatically over the last 25 years. Loneliness presents a threat to the mental, emotional, and even physical well-being of the lonely individual. This statement is borne out in much research, and the alarming threat that loneliness presents is such that the U.S. Surgeon General issued an 82-page advisory in 2023 on what he called an “epidemic” of loneliness...