During the height of the pandemic, many people experienced more isolation and loneliness than ever before. Social circles contracted, and daily conversations — with friends, acquaintances and ...

Furthermore, we study the epidemic growth rate (or epidemic doubling time) without and with contact tracing and isolation and various levels of social distancing. In sensitivity analyses, we study how ...

A Pub Trivia initiative that was begun as a pilot program last year has blossomed into a way to promote engagement, ...

Adolescence is a time of intense emotional and social transformation when many young people face significant psychological ...

“If we had allocated more of the NHS Test and Trace budget to isolation support, I strongly suspect that fewer would have died and infection rates would have been lower with all the benefits that ...

Some trends fueled by social media reflect unhealthy body images. This includes trends such as bigorexia, which drives young people to spend countless hours in the gym and eat a protein-heavy diet ...

This integrative review of literature followed the PICO strategy to investigate the repercussions of the use of social networks on the body image of their users. PubMed, LILACS, PsycINFO and SciELO ...

Introduction: Body image is the mental image we form of our own body, and it can be influenced by several aspects of everyday life. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the relationship between ...

Research confirms that social isolation and loneliness significantly impact health and mortality, even if not listed on death certificates. BYU psychology and neuroscience professor, Julianne Holt ...

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The reason why social isolation is treated like a medical epidemic is because the lack of social connection can have negative ...