Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual connections shown to combat loneliness
Positive virtual contact with neighbors is a key antidote to feeling lonely, according to new research.
Jun 11, 2020
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News tagged with social connectedness
Health
A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
As we emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, it is timely to reflect on how the design of our neighbourhoods and the ways we interact with them affect our lived experience.
Jun 1, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study explores impacts of social distancing on youth
After weeks of staying at home, Canadians are slowly beginning to see the impact of physical distancing on decelerating the spread of COVID-19. However, for some, prolonged social isolation amplifies feelings of disconnection ...
May 7, 2020
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Health
How social connectedness affects health
Many Americans do not realize that what takes place in the formal healthcare system only affects 15 percent of the outcomes for an individual and their family. The other 85 percent is attributed to our social determinants ...
Oct 4, 2019
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Health
New review highlights evidence on how to increase physical activity in everyday life
Physical activity is important for physical and mental wellbeing and keeping socially connected. This themed review, Moving Matters, brings together more than 50 published and ongoing studies funded by the National Institute ...
Jul 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social connectedness may help victims of cyberbullying
A new Psychology in the Schools study found that social connectedness may act as a protective buffer against the negative mental health effects of cyberbullying.
Feb 21, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study hard and you might lower your chances of dementia
Every year hundreds of elderly students gather in Toronto for convocation, in-person and online, anxiously awaiting their diplomas. Some are in their nineties; some have dementia.
Nov 1, 2018
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Health
Gerontologists tackle social isolation, increasingly a public health concern
Social connectivity and meaningful social engagement must be promoted as integral components of healthy aging, according to a new collection of articles in the latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report (PP&AR) from The ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social isolation health message fails to cut through
Social isolation has been shown to pose a greater health threat than smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise – but that message is failing to get through to the community.
Feb 5, 2018
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Health
Aging with an intellectual disability—new longitudinal report
Increased rates of important health screenings and access to GPs amongst people with an intellectual disability have been highlighted in a new report launched this week. These health gains, however, are potentially being ...
Dec 7, 2017
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