Mental Health

The loneliness pandemic? How COVID-19 has created a mental health crisis

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40% of people in a European study said that they felt more lonely during COVID-19. Image: Unsplash/ Mykyta Martynenko

Ziggi Ivan Santini
Research Scientist in Mental Health, University of Southern Denmark
Ai Koyanagi
Research Professor in Life and Medical Sciences, ICREA
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