Isolation and Loneliness as Risk Factors for Suicide and Self-Harm: A Rising Concern
By Caroline Harroe (Harmless CEO) IntroductionSuicide and self harm are major public health concerns, with significant social and economic costs. Isolation and loneliness are increasingly recognised as risk factors for these outcomes, particularly among young people. Isolation is defined as the objective lack of social relationships, while loneliness is the subjective experience of feeling alone […]