Covid-19: Ten-minute calls help fight loneliness
Having someone on the phone for ten minutes, several times a week, would reduce anxiety and the risk of depression. ...
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Loneliness is worth a ministry
The Japanese Prime Minister has just appointed a "minister of loneliness", Tetsushi Sakamoto. Something to inspire France, where loneliness is ...
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Breast cancer: a video to fight against the loneliness of patients
Eight associations are mobilizing in a video to break the loneliness of women with breast cancer. THE ESSENTIAL The health ...
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In case of confinement, turn off your laptop to avoid the blues!
During periods of confinement, the more time people spend in front of a screen, the more their level of loneliness ...
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Artificial intelligence predicts feelings of loneliness
It is difficult to measure the level of loneliness felt by individuals, as the subject is often taboo. Loneliness affects ...
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To feel less alone, cultivate wisdom
Loneliness is bad for your health, but wisdom would counter it effectively. THE ESSENTIAL Many studies associate the feeling of ...
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Loneliness increases the risk of diabetes
Loneliness and, above all, the feeling of chronic loneliness could contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes, according to ...
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Are you solitary or sociable? How it plays out in the brain
According to a new study, the closer we feel to people, the more we represent them in a way similar ...
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Loneliness: young people would be more affected
According to an unprecedented international study, young people suffer more from the feeling of loneliness than older people. People living ...
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Why do we need more social connections during confinement?
Man is a social animal that needs others to exist.Almost one in two people are confined on the planet and ...
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How to manage the stress of confinement, especially when you live alone?
The psychological repercussions of confinement have been studied in China and reveal some surprises. THE ESSENTIAL Lockdown is stressful Fear ...
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Smartphone addiction, a harbinger of depression?
According to a new American study, addiction to smartphones directly predicts later depressive symptoms, especially in adolescents, a very vulnerable ...
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At all ages, loneliness can be a factor in mental illness
When it is not sought, loneliness can increase the risk of suffering from a mental disorder and not only in ...
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World Loneliness Day: 6 out of 10 young people feel concerned
This 2nd Solitude Day aims to combat chronic or prolonged social isolation, a scourge as devastating as it is taboo ...
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Launch of the first Solitude Day
© iStockLoneliness is a public health issue that is difficult to quantify. Suffering is often invisible because it is taboo ...
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A Ministry of Solitude in Great Britain
© iStock"The sad reality of modern life". It is in these terms that British Prime Minister Theresa May described the ...
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