The loneliness epidemic

2023-11-16 09:00:03

You can live in a big city, be surrounded by dozens of people, communicate constantly via social networks and yet feel lonely. Often nicknamed “the evil of the century”, loneliness is making its place in our societies and has even been aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the United States, it was the subject of a report by the public health administrator, Vivek Murthy, who spoke of an “epidemic of loneliness”.

What impact can loneliness have on health? When to worry? What benefits can solitude bring?

  • Anne-Victoire Rousseletpsychologist and psychotherapist specializing in Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, at Sainte-Anne Hospital Centerin Paris
  • Jeannette Barmaclinical psychologist at the CHU Campus of Lomé, lecturer (CAMES) of clinical psychology and psychopathology, at theUniversity of Loméau Togo.
  • Marguerite Boulanger, comic book author Lifetime lives published by Hachette Pratique
  • Report from Charlie Dupiot. She met Jeanne-Marie, 86 years old, accompanied by Little Brothers of the Pooran association which fights once morest the isolation of elderly people.

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