Loneliness: human nature and the need for social connection

John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick

New York, 2008

Abstract

A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness–which he defines as unrecognized syndrome–and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression.

Quotes from this work

While the objective in going to certain bars and dance clubs appears to be getting drunk and hooking up, how many of the people crowding in are actually driven by a deeper craving for human connection that they simply don’t know how to pursue?

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