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Lonely extroverts, happy hermits: why being alone isn’t the same as being lonely – and why it matters

By Nancy Kong, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney
Jack Lam, Lecturer, Social Policy, The University of Melbourne

Loneliness isn’t just awful for individuals – it has society-wide impacts too. It significantly contributes to mental health issues, sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, and early death. Researchers have even compared its impact on health to that of smoking.

Loneliness…

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