Today, getting someone’s attention is all about texting and tweeting and maybe starting a rumor about the size of certain of one’s organs. But in the mid-19th century, it was fashion that caught the ...

Teaching: Why are U.S. middle-aged adults experiencing increasingly high levels of loneliness and depression? A three-part lesson brings this cutting-edge research into the classroom.

Across many parts of the world, loneliness has become more than a feeling—it’s now a recognized public health concern. The aching sense of isolation or disconnection, especially when prolonged, can ...

Middle-aged Americans demonstrated some of the highest levels of loneliness in a new study assessing tens of thousands of 50-to-90-year-olds across 29 countries. The peer-reviewed research, published ...