ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2020
Is loneliness a feasible treatment target in psychosis?
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effectiveness of interventions for reducing subjective and objective social isolation among people with mental health problems: a systematic review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Pooled it
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- Loneliness in schizophrenia: Just loneliness.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Interventions in ambulatory healthcare settings to reduce social isolation among adults aged 18-64: a systematic review.BJGP open · 2024Article
- Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Connecting loneliness with pathological personality traits: Evidence for genetic and environmental mediation from a study of older twins.Personality disorders · 2024Article
- How do social networks, perception of social isolation, and loneliness affect depressive symptoms among Japanese adults?PloS one · 2024Article
- The role of loneliness and negative schemas in the moment-to-moment dynamics between social anxiety and paranoia.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Do loneliness and social exclusion breed paranoia? An experience sampling investigation across the psychosis continuum.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2023Article
- Experiences and meaning of loneliness beyond age and group identity.Sociology of health & illness · 2023Article
- Smartphone-based mobility metrics capture daily social motivation and behavior in schizophrenia.Schizophrenia research · 2022Article
- Predicting self-harm and suicide ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: a nationwide survey report.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- A three-timepoint network analysis of Covid-19's impact on schizotypal traits, paranoia and mental health through loneliness.UCL open. Environment · 2022Article
- A Global Longitudinal Study Examining Social Restrictions Severity on Loneliness, Social Anxiety, and Depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- A randomised controlled trial of the Nextdoor Kind Challenge: a study protocol.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Loneliness: contemporary insights into causes, correlates, and consequences.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
- Commentary: A Pilot Digital Intervention Targeting Loneliness in Youth Mental Health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeLoneliness is a challenge for individuals with psychosis; however, interventions rarely target loneliness in this group.
methodWe developed a pilot positive psychology group intervention designed to reduce loneliness in psychosis and examined its feasibility and acceptability.
resultsSixteen participants attended 5.38 (SD = 0.70) out of six sessions, with a dropout rate of 10%. Participants were significantly less lonely at post-treatment (p < 0.001, d = 1.51), and maintained their improvements from post-treatment to follow-up (p = 0.81, d = 0.07).
conclusionsLoneliness may be a feasible and acceptable treatment target within psychosocial treatments.
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