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The problem with being alone
This is a special Straits Times resource for pre-university students as part of The Straits Times-Ministry of Education News Outreach Programme.
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The human brain, having evolved to seek safety in numbers, registers loneliness as a threat. PHOTO: NYTIMES
The team behind the ST-MOE News Outreach Programme has compiled a series of news resources for you. This week, we look at how loneliness and social isolation may be detrimental to individual and societal health.
