Cawthorne, Tom;
Qualter, Pamela;
Bennett, Sophie;
Käll, Anton;
Andersson, Gerhard;
Shafran, Roz;
(2024)
Editorial Perspective: How can we develop effective and timely interventions for young people with chronic loneliness?
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
10.1111/jcpp.14097.
(In press).
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Abstract
Loneliness is an adaptive experience evolved to create motivation to engage in social relationships. However, for some young people, loneliness can become chronic which can have serious negative health consequences. Despite this, there is a relative lack of evidence for interventions. In this editorial perspective, we highlight four main barriers to the timely development and dissemination of evidence-based support for young people experiencing loneliness. We hypothesise that these challenges could be mitigated by (a) routinely assessing loneliness as part of routine outcome measures (ROMs), (b) utilising modular interventions incorporating intrapersonal, interpersonal and social strategies alongside system-level support and policy changes, (c) evaluating interventions through SCEDs prior to RCTs and (d) delivering interventions flexibly (e.g. via the internet or within non-clinical settings).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Editorial Perspective: How can we develop effective and timely interventions for young people with chronic loneliness? |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jcpp.14097 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14097 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Loneliness, intervention, mental health, prevention, therapy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10202773 |
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