The Loneliness Epidemic: A Q&A With Dr. James Collins

Americans are lonely.

That’s the finding of a number of recent studies. Loneliness among Americans was prevalent even before the COVID pandemic, which only increased isolation among many people. A pre-pandemic report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that in 2020 more than a third of people over age 45 described themselves as lonely. Some surveys reveal that around 60 percent of people in the U.S. report feeling lonely on a regular basis.

We asked Dr. James Collins, MGA professor of psychology, to provide some perspective on the American epidemic of loneliness.

Read his Perspective.

Dr. James Collins, MGA professor of psychology.