Most people with psychosis want more contact with other people.
For the past few years I have been part of a multi-disciplinary team testing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a social intervention supporting people with psychosis to develop and maintain social contacts. The SCENE intervention
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WaveLength: Fighting loneliness with technology
This week, the BBC announced that they are scrapping free TV licences for up to 3.7m people aged over 75. Will this have an impact on loneliness among older people? WaveLength have just published some
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Social prescribing in Ripon Museums
NHS England has announced that it is creating an 'army' of social prescribing link workers to work in primary care as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. Their role will be to connect people
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There seems to be a pervasive concern that use of our smartphones or tablets is associated with the widely-reported increase in loneliness in the UK and many other countries. Rather than being the cause, I
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