We need a public health approach to loneliness

Affiliations

¹ The Institute of Public Health, Dublin, D08 NH90, Ireland roger.osullivan@publichealth.ie.
² The Bamford Centre, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK.
³ The Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Editorial

Roger O'Sullivan et al. BMJ. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 9:376:o280.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.o280.

¹ The Institute of Public Health, Dublin, D08 NH90, Ireland roger.osullivan@publichealth.ie.
² The Bamford Centre, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK.
³ The Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and declare the following: None.

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