Loneliness is not merely an emotional state; it acts as a physiological stressor that increases risks for heart disease and ...

A new evaluation tool offers practical guidance for diagnosing an extreme form of social isolation known as hikikimori. The tool is the first structured technique to evaluate people who suffer from a ...

A new evaluation tool offers practical guidance for diagnosing an extreme form of social isolation known as hikikimori. The diagnostic evaluation tool was published online Sept. 15 with an ...

According to Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development, a theory developed by psychologist Erik Erikson in the 1950s, there are eight stages of psychosocial development: trust versus mistrust, ...

At times, when we are surrounded by others, we might feel alienated, disconnected from them and from what is going on around us. Even if we share the space with people we know or members of our ...