Loneliness Insights

Xena Mindhurst

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Loneliness Insights reframes loneliness as a modern public health emergency, blending cutting-edge psychology and sociology to reveal how isolation reshapes both bodies and societies. The book argues that loneliness transcends personal experience, driving systemic risks like cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and premature mortality—effects as deadly as smoking. Paradoxically, these dangers surge in our hyper-connected age, fueled by vanishing community spaces, remote work trends, and aging populations. Through landmark studies like the US Health and Retirement Survey, the authors show how social isolation’s biological toll mirrors physical pain in brain scans, while sociological data exposes how marginalized groups face compounded risks due to structural inequities.

Structured in three clear sections, the book moves from defining loneliness’s physiological roots to analyzing societal triggers like urban design flaws and policy failures. A striking case study explores Japan’s kodokushi (lonely deaths), linking rigid work cultures and aging demographics to extreme isolation. Solutions emphasize scalability: Finland’s national loneliness strategy and community time banks model systemic change, while neuroimaging validates social prescribing—doctors recommending group activities as treatment. The research synthesizes smartphone interaction data, ethnographic narratives, and global health metrics, balancing academic rigor with relatable stories of isolated seniors and gig workers.

What sets Loneliness Insights apart is its dual focus on individual and institutional responsibility. It rejects simplistic self-help tropes, instead advocating policy reforms and inclusive urban planning alongside personal resilience. By framing loneliness as a mirror of societal health, the book offers a roadmap for rebuilding human connection—one community space, workplace policy, and clinical intervention at a time.

Verfügbar seit: 26.01.2025.

Drucklänge: 70 Seiten.

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