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. 2018 Feb 3;391(10119):426.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30142-9.

The growing problem of loneliness

John T Cacioppo¹, Stephanie Cacioppo²

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Affiliations

¹ Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: cacioppo@uchicago.edu.
² Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

PMID: 29407030
PMCID: PMC6530780
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30142-9

The growing problem of loneliness

John T Cacioppo et al. Lancet. 2018.

. 2018 Feb 3;391(10119):426.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30142-9.

Authors

John T Cacioppo¹, Stephanie Cacioppo²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: cacioppo@uchicago.edu.
² Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

PMID: 29407030
PMCID: PMC6530780
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30142-9

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Beware the medicalisation of loneliness.
McLennan AK, Ulijaszek SJ. McLennan AK, et al. Lancet. 2018 Apr 14;391(10129):1480. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30577-4. Lancet. 2018. PMID: 29676276 No abstract available.

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