Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
- ISBN-10
- 0393335283
- ISBN-13
- 9780393335286
- Series
- Loneliness
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Authors
- William Patrick, John T Cacioppo
Description
A pioneering neuroscientist draws on detailed studies to demonstrate the correlation between social environments and health, offering insight into the differences between chronic loneliness and depression while explaining how social isolation can affect perceptions, behavior, and physiology. Reprint.
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- 2008-08-17
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