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News items on 'Social Isolation'
Life Support: How to be happy alone
(The Independent 02/03/2009)
Wake up to the benefits of solitude - Some people are brilliant at being alone, while others find the very idea of going to the cinema by themselves depressing, and would rather starve than ask a maître d' for a table for one. If you fall into the latter group, you are missing out. Being able to enjoy yourself without a companion is fantastically liberating, and will make you feel much more self-reliant.
Online networking 'harms health'
(BBC 19/02/2009)
People's health could be harmed by social networking sites because they reduce levels of face-to-face contact, an expert claims. Dr Aric Sigman says websites such as Facebook set out to enrich social lives, but end up keeping people apart. Dr Sigman makes his warning in the journal of the Institute of Biology. A lack of "real" social networking may have biological effects, he says.
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Loneliness is as bad for health as smoking or obesity, experts warn
(Daily Mail 17/02/2009)
Being lonely is as bad for your health as smoking or obesity, experts have warned. Being cut off from friends and family can raise blood pressure and weaken the immune system, the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual conference heard. It can also make it harder to sleep and even speed the progression of dementia, according to psychologist John Cacioppo.
'I can't tell my husband that our move to South Africa has made me dreadfully depressed'
(Telegraph 26/01/2009)
Lifeclass: Lesley Garner advises one reader on how to overcome her feelings of homesickness and isolation. "South Africa is probably the most beautiful country on earth and the people are warm and wonderful. The lifestyle is based outdoors and, of course, the weather is divine. But I have found it almost impossible to make lasting friendships and have no family of my own here."
Life support: How to make other people like you
(The Independent 29/09/2008)
Smile Humans are quite simple creatures, and if you smile a lot, others will think you're nice. Even if you're not. Being in a perpetual grump won't, usually, make people find you dark and mysterious. They'll just never invite you out for lunch.
Loneliness 'makes you cold'
(BBC 28/09/2008)
"We found that the experience of social exclusion literally feels cold" said Dr Chen-Bo Zhong, who led the research, published in the journal Psychological Science. "This may be why people use temperature-related metaphors to describe social inclusion and exclusion." The team suggests the findings could be used to treat people's feelings of sadness or loneliness.
Credit-crunch 'isolation' warning
(BBC 17/08/2008)
A charity warns people not to risk their mental health by isolating themselves as they try to cope with the credit crunch.
'Mental risk' of Facebook teens
(BBC 03/07/2008)
Children growing up with social networking websites may have a "dangerous" view of the world, says an expert.
(The Independent 09/06/2008)
Dear Virginia, My son and his girlfriend live in a flat with their two daughters, who are five and six, and I love helping out with the kids. I'm divorced, and live about an hour away, but a house has...
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