social isolation

Zoo as No. 1 on its “10 Worst Zoos for Elephants” list for the second year in a row this year, citing Billy’s and Tina’s poor health and social isolation.

For example, studies in mice show that stress from early-life separation from their mothers, social isolation in adolescence and cocaine exposure in late adolescence can all decrease sex differences in the expression of genes in a part of the brain associated with addiction.

Counsellor Angela Mcmillan, who developed the AR therapy app, said the idea came from support sessions with young people in the south Wales valleys who had been struggling to attend school due to anxiety and social isolation.

Social isolation and loneliness are increasing problems in the United States and other countries as well.

Public health experts have gone so far as to describe social isolation and loneliness as constituting a public health crisis in the United States.