📢Just out!
The 1st ever EU-wide survey on loneliness reveals data comparable across⤵️
🇪🇺EU countries
🔢age groups
🧑🦱genders
👷socio-economic circumstances
These can help design policies targeting the problem, not simply its symptoms 👉 https://europa.eu/!d9RcgW #mentalhealth
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1665991750442205184
Loneliness is on the rise⤵️
Data shows that
🔎young people are more affected compared to older generations
🔎quantity & quality of social relationships are key to prevent or reduce the feeling of loneliness
Find out more on risk factors 👉 https://europa.eu/!d9RcgW #mentalhealth
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1665993616693645313
Major life events, such as the loss of the partner or of a job, may👇
⚠️disrupt one’s social network
⚠️substantially increase the risk of loneliness
Moreover, loneliness is linked to poorer physical health & unhealthy behaviour 👉https://europa.eu/!d9RcgW #mentalhealth
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1666004955164016642
❓Online or offline?
Data🔢 suggests that social networking sites
👤replace physical interactions🗣️🗣️ with online ones
👤lack the intimacy & quality of meeting people in person
👉 https://europa.eu/!d9RcgW #mentalhealth
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1666012606778228736
❓How to prevent and mitigate loneliness?
More help is on the way!
The results of the project with @europarl_en & @EU_Social are published just ahead of the @EU_Commission 🆕 initiative on #mentalhealth, out this week 👉 https://europa.eu/!d9RcgW
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1666018866667872257