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For Some Parkinson’s Patients, Boxing Can Be Therapy
No-contact boxing is a great full-body workout for anyone, but some experts say people with neurological disorders just might benefit most.
How Many Close Friends Do You Need in Adulthood?
Social circles were shrinking even before the pandemic. Here’s what the science says about the number of close friendships we should have.
Virtual Reality Therapy Could Give Relief to Seniors
Some care facilities are giving older adults a way to visit their pasts to boost their well-being.
We’re in a Loneliness Crisis: Another Reason to Get Off Our Phones
We need to reconnect with material things: nature, soil, our bodies and other people in real life.
‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among American adolescents. For M, a 13-year-old in Minnesota, the despair was almost too much to take.
New York Had an ‘Epidemic of Loneliness.’ Covid Made It Worse.
Changes in technology, work and the pace of life are damaging not just our emotional health, but also our physical health and life expectancy.
How to Make Friends After a Pandemic — and Why You Should
The more efficient our lives get, the lazier we are about making and keeping friends.
How Love Changes Your Brain
In her new book, Stephanie Cacioppo, a neuroscientist, delves into romance, loss and human connection as she writes of her love story with her husband.
The Loneliness of the Locked-Down Single Mother
Having a job, a child and no help during a pandemic can take a toll — but also forge a special bond.
Nine Mass Shootings
A violent weekend highlights America’s continuing crime wave.
What a ‘Grief Camp’ For Kids Can Show Us About Healing
Yaren, age 10, lost her mother at 6. She felt alone in her grief — until she attended a camp for kids who have lost someone important.
How to Learn to Be Comfortable Being Alone and Appreciate Solitude
Solitude doesn’t have to feel lonely. It can be restoring and refreshing with a little practice.
‘It’s Just Stressful’: Students Feel the Weight of Pandemic Uncertainty
The pandemic has changed children. Some can’t shake that feeling of instability. Others are taking on adult responsibilities. And anxiety is all around.
America Is Falling Apart at the Seams
Why are so many of us behaving so badly?
Colleges Fear Mental Health Crisis Amid Covid Surge
After almost two years of remote schooling, restricted gatherings and constant testing, many students are isolated and depressed. Omicron may make things worse.
How Volunteering Can Help Ease Loneliness
Science tells us the solution may lie in what we do for others, not ourselves.
An English City’s Fight Against Loneliness
Frome, a small city in England, has taken an innovative approach to mental health with its fight against loneliness.
As U.S. Nears 800,000 Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished
They are among the most vaccinated groups, but people 65 and older make up about three-quarters of the nation’s coronavirus death toll.
Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times.
America can’t arrest its way out of a problem caused by the fundamental human need to connect.
How to Enjoy the Moment
A thought experiment for finding more happiness in the everyday.
We Need Small Talk Now More Than Ever
Why chatting with your barista could help save America
Is This the Cure for the Loneliness of American Motherhood?
American moms are isolated, overworked and undersupported. The solution may be living together, separately.
How to Drive Safely When You’re an Older Driver
Safe driving is possible for many people in their 70s, 80s and beyond, provided they take steps to maintain their skills.
My Accidental Visit to Kyiv, the Pandemic’s Party Capital
Kyiv was supposed to be a quick layover for the writer Rosa Lyster. But its underground nightlife turned out to be just what she needed.
We Need to Understand the Difference Between Isolation and Loneliness
Both can pose distinct dangers to our mental and physical health.
This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap
Loneliness among students has soared worldwide. It doesn’t have to be like that.
Trump, Covid and the Loneliness Breaking America
Authoritarianism attracts isolated people.
Andrew Rannells: What I Learned on Cameo During Covid
I taped personal messages to raise money for charity. I didn’t expect the requests to hit close to home. People wanted me to tell them, “You are OK.”
Why Leaving the Nest Is Harder the Second Time Around
After moving back in with their parents during the pandemic, some young adults are struggling to adjust to life on their own.
How to Rearrange Your Post-Pandemic ‘Friendscape’
Re-entry offers an opportunity to choose which relationships we wish to resurrect and which are better left dormant.
Kristen Radtke Considers Another American Epidemic: Loneliness
The writer and artist spent nearly three years researching why so many of us feel so alone. What she found was much worse than she imagined.
For Mother’s Day, a Healing Meditation on Mortality
An emotional episode of “The Midnight Gospel” on Netflix helped our critic process her own fears about loneliness and loss.
How Post-Covid Small Talk Could Be Deeper and Better
As we emerge from social isolation, there are ways to make our conversations richer and deeper.
Doctors Harness the Power of Human Connections
Social medicine programs, which often encourage patients to engage with other people, can help address dementia, isolation and more.
Feeling Blah During the Pandemic? It’s Called Languishing
It’s the neglected middle child of mental health, and can dull your motivation and focus. It may be the dominant emotion of 2021.
Gearing Up for the ‘New Normal’
In “The New Normal,” Dr. Jennifer Ashton explores the mental health repercussions of the pandemic and ways to rebuild our overall health.
Parents, Stop Talking About the ‘Lost Year’
Teenagers and tweens will be fine, experts say — if adults model resilience.
How to Be Social Again
After a year of virtual gathering, getting back to real-life relationships can be intimidating. These eight simple exercises can help.
Why We Romanticize the Past
Ah, the good old days. Were they really that good?
How Covid Can Change Your Personality
Distancing and isolation shaped who we are.
Learning to Connect With My Male Friends
For some men, long-term, meaningful relationships are harder to build and maintain into adulthood.
How Two Lonely Generations Are Helping Each Other Heal
Young adults and the elderly were especially isolated in the pandemic. There are efforts underway to help connect them.
One Year Together, Apart
The pandemic redefined relationships and self-reliance.
Hearing My Dead Wife’s Voice in the Pandemic’s Silence
She had always been the person I turned to in difficult times. Maybe she could help me through this isolation, too.
How Rhode Island Fell to the Coronavirus
A dense population of vulnerable citizens set the stage for a frightening epidemic.
Are Some Foods Addictive
Food researchers debate whether highly processed foods like potato chips and ice cream are addictive, triggering our brains to overeat.
Despair Deepens for Young People as Pandemic Drags On
Experts paint a grim picture of the struggle with lockdown isolation — a “mental health pandemic” that should be treated as seriously as containing the coronavirus.
‘Our Goal is That No Lemurs Live Alone’
At the Duke Lemur Center, an innovative plan to keep the animals social late in life: pair them with lemurs of another species.
French Nun Sister Andre, Close to Turning 117, Knocks Down Covid-19
Sister André will celebrate her victory against the virus and her 117th birthday on Thursday with a feast, and a glass of Champagne.