Ways to Combat Loneliness

Brain Training: A Cure For Loneliness?

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 09.12.2011

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

Persistent loneliness is not only emotionally painful but can be more damaging to our physical and mental health than many psychiatric illnesses. Psychologists have created dozens of interventions designed to try to tackle this epidemic.