Ruminating about being lonely, as opposed to being lonely, is linked to depression, found a new study. The findings were published in Nature Mental Health and have implications for treating depression ...

Sometimes, what feels like a deep depression might actually be your heart crying out for connection. Our emotional landscape is complex, and learning to distinguish between depression and loneliness ...

Loneliness is more likely to cause depression if one keeps ruminating on how lonely they are. This is the essence of a study by The University of Hong Kong (HKU) that has therapeutic implications for ...

If you are lonely, you're not alone in feeling that way. One in three people in America report feeling lonely every week and 10% say they are lonely every day, according to a poll released in January ...

People who experienced loneliness and poor sleep quality were more likely to have depressive symptoms than individuals who weren’t lonely and had better sleep quality, a study finds. The research was ...

The data showed that suicide-related conversations dropped from 17.8% to 12.9% of all chats, while depression-related ...

Loneliness isn’t just about being alone. Find out what's at the root of your loneliness and how to start building meaningful connections.

Lonely Christmas. Private Collection. Creator: Freiwirth-Lützow, Oskar (1862-1925). (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images) A comprehensive study of nearly 50,000 people across the ...

A comprehensive systematic review highlights a troubling intersection of mental and physical health disparities in Black women, revealing that depression and loneliness are significant—and often ...

Older adults who live with digestive diseases have higher rates of depression and loneliness compared to their peers who don’t have the diseases, a new study finds. For the study, Shirley Ann ...

Past studies have identified a loneliness-rumination-depression nexus. Rumination is defined as repetitive and intrusive negative thoughts and feelings, and loneliness as a gap between desired and ...