In Conversation... Dr Farhana Mann on Loneliness

Dr Farhana Mann gives a general overview of the landscape of loneliness and it impacts on children and young people. As an inherently social species, the two discuss how a lack positive social relationships can be potentially harmful, the impacts it has on psychical and mental health, research showing a higher rate of loneliness in areas of deprivation and the need for research to be conducted in younger populations.