Loneliness changes the brain
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Chronic loneliness changes the chemicals produced in the brain, causing feelings of aggression and fear, scientists have discovered.
But an old, largely failed psychiatric drug might work to alleviate those negative emotions by suppressing the loneliness chemical.
Social isolation has been a growing problem in the US, and has been not only led to increased rates of depression and post traumatic stress disorder, but to higher risks of c...
