... Loneliness Chronic loneliness Treatment Intervention Public health Loneliness, defined as a subjective and distressing feeling emerging from a perceived discrepancy between the desired and perceived quality or quantity of interpersonal relations [ 1 ], is a common and universal experience...

...Ruben Berger; Rene Hurlemann; Simone Shamay-Tsoory; Alisa Kanterman; Maura Brauser; Jessica Gorni; Maike Luhmann; Elisabeth Schramm; Johannes Schultz; Alexandra Philipsen; Jana Lieberz; Dirk Scheele Introduction: Loneliness poses a significant health problem and existing psychological interventions...

.... The aim of the study was to investigate an eight-session group intervention using components of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) enriched with elements of CBT (psychoeducation, problem solving) and art therapy, compared to a waitlist control (WLC) group, regarding its efficacy in reducing stress...

...-intervention) ( p = 0.023, effect size [95% CI] -0.360 [-0.675, -0.046]) but not at 5 or 8 months. Treatment response rates and remission rates based on the ISI cut-off scores were not significantly different between groups. Wake time after sleep onset (WASO) was less in the MBCT-I group at 2 and 5 months...

... with a psychological risk profile. Establishing a good therapeutic relationship early on may be an important factor that influences treatment outcomes in personalized ICBT interventions. Further research is needed to evaluate ICBT effectiveness in additional samples and to explore its underlying mechanisms...

... trial design, the participants were randomly divided into the following three groups: the intervention group (IG, 69 participants); treatment-as-usual control group (TAUCG, 71 participants), which received 12 consultations with a psychologist, and the waitlisted control group (WLCG, 58 participants...

...C.T. Johan Lökk; Bengt B. Arnetz Background: There has been a major shift in the organization and responsibility for the provision of geriatric care in Sweden. This was believed to be stressful. We therefore decided to launch a controlled intervention program on health care personnel aimed...