Report: Persistent loneliness is a crisis in Australia

A young girl with long hair sits alone in a coffee shop with a crowded table of people behind her. She looks downcast.

Loneliness doesn't just affect older people. Younger and especially neurodiverse people also suffer from it. Source: Getty / fizkes / iStockphoto

A report by the charity Ending Loneliness Together describes the level of loneliness in Australia and worldwide as a public health crisis. Many want to do something about this — including the methods used so far to help the sufferers.



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