Social experience sculpts the teenage brain. Source: iStock/pixelfit Humans are fundamentally social, and perhaps never more so than in adolescence when hanging out with friends is the top priority ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories on loneliness and its impact on mental health. Part 2: The negative impacts of too much screen time. Greensburg resident John Herrmann has a suppertime ...

Social isolation can happen to anyone at any age. Many of our young people socially isolate via their cellphones, and it can continue through every stage of life. The impact it can have on us as ...

Keep reading to learn how social isolation accelerates cognitive decline and why increasing social contact could protect ...

A large US study using causal modeling shows that lowering social isolation, not just addressing loneliness, could play a key role in preserving cognitive health as people age. Study: Disentangling ...

With the rise of remote work and the intense media debate around it, many have heard that loneliness is increasing and it’s bad for our health. In fact, last year, the U.S. surgeon general warned of ...

In her second year at Dominican University, Julia Reinhard started to feel the loneliness creep in. Like many college students, the pandemic meant hours and hours of remote learning. Reinhard tried to ...

Isolation is a profound and often misunderstood aspect of schizophrenia, a complex mental health condition that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Schizophrenia can be a disorienting and ...