How Loneliness from Coronavirus Isolation Takes Its Toll
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Robin Wright interviews social psychologists about the toll that isolation to slow the spread of the coronavirus is taking, and could take, on solitary individuals.
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COVID-19 has harmed students' social-emotional wellbeing, making it even more difficult to learn
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Stay connected: Tips from the National Institute on Aging for combating social isolation and loneliness
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As suicides rise amid the pandemic, Japan takes steps to tackle loneliness - The Japan Times
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Covid pandemic: Mental health damage could last a generation
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COVID-19 is taking a huge emotional toll on nursing home residents
We haven't begun to count the cost': Prolonged isolation takes its toll on mental health
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Loneliness and Social Isolation