Olivia Sagan is a Chartered Psychologist and Counsellor. She is Head of Division for Psychology and Sociology at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Eric Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University, USA.

• Foreword by Professor John Harvey Introduction by the Editors Part 1. Inter and Intrapersonal Loneliness 1. Loneliness: an Overview (Philip S. Morrison and Rebekah Smith) 2. Loneliness and Relatedness: A Philosophical and Psychotherapeutic Account (Roger Frie) 3. The Lonely Side of War's Aftermath: Traumatization and Isolation among Veterans (Jacob Y. Stein and Zahava Solomon) 4. Sensemaking and Shared Grief in the Social Media Age (Peter Gloviczki) 5. Cyberloneliness: the Curse of the Cursor? (Eric D. Miller) 6. Loneliness in Lithuanian Transnational Families: ‘I am happy if my children are happy’? (Margarita Gedvilaite-Kordusiene) 7. Disconnections: Loneliness in the Lives of Mobile Singles (Maude Gauthier) 8. Narratives of Loneliness and Mental Ill Health in a Time of Neoliberalism (Olivia Sagan) 9. Adoption and Loneliness (Helen E. Lees) 10. Loneliness in Education: The Agony and the Enstasy (Julian Stern) Part 2. Loneliness: Place, Space and Identity 11. From Lonely Cities to Prosocial Places: How Evidence-Informed Urban Design Can Reduce the Experience of Loneliness (Rhiannon Corcoran and Graham Marshall) 12. ‘The Lonely City’: Urban Infrastructure and the Problem of Loneliness (Rob Imrie) 13. Homelessness and Modern Urban Loneliness (Sandra Costa Santos) 14. Loneliness in an Era of Mass Extinctions (Alette Willis) 15. Loneliness as an Occupational Hazard: Academic Identities and the Neoliberal Work Ethic (Yvonne Hill) 16. Isolated and Suicidal: Critically Assessing the Persistent Stereotype of Queer Youth as Isolated and Lonely on a Pathway to the Big City (Rob Cover) 17. The Possibilities of Loneliness in a Changing World: Performing Place in Withdrawn (Stuart Andrews) 18. The New Gay Loneliness? Desire and Urban Gay Male Cultures (Nicholas Manganas) 19. Loneliness in Cinema: A Pharmacological Approach (Angie Voela) Concluding Remarks by the Editors

Olivia Sagan is a Chartered Psychologist and Counsellor. She is Head of Division for Psychology and Sociology at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Eric Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University, USA.

• Foreword by Professor John Harvey Introduction by the Editors Part 1. Inter and Intrapersonal Loneliness 1. Loneliness: an Overview (Philip S. Morrison and Rebekah Smith) 2. Loneliness and Relatedness: A Philosophical and Psychotherapeutic Account (Roger Frie) 3. The Lonely Side of War's Aftermath: Traumatization and Isolation among Veterans (Jacob Y. Stein and Zahava Solomon) 4. Sensemaking and Shared Grief in the Social Media Age (Peter Gloviczki) 5. Cyberloneliness: the Curse of the Cursor? (Eric D. Miller) 6. Loneliness in Lithuanian Transnational Families: ‘I am happy if my children are happy’? (Margarita Gedvilaite-Kordusiene) 7. Disconnections: Loneliness in the Lives of Mobile Singles (Maude Gauthier) 8. Narratives of Loneliness and Mental Ill Health in a Time of Neoliberalism (Olivia Sagan) 9. Adoption and Loneliness (Helen E. Lees) 10. Loneliness in Education: The Agony and the Enstasy (Julian Stern) Part 2. Loneliness: Place, Space and Identity 11. From Lonely Cities to Prosocial Places: How Evidence-Informed Urban Design Can Reduce the Experience of Loneliness (Rhiannon Corcoran and Graham Marshall) 12. ‘The Lonely City’: Urban Infrastructure and the Problem of Loneliness (Rob Imrie) 13. Homelessness and Modern Urban Loneliness (Sandra Costa Santos) 14. Loneliness in an Era of Mass Extinctions (Alette Willis) 15. Loneliness as an Occupational Hazard: Academic Identities and the Neoliberal Work Ethic (Yvonne Hill) 16. Isolated and Suicidal: Critically Assessing the Persistent Stereotype of Queer Youth as Isolated and Lonely on a Pathway to the Big City (Rob Cover) 17. The Possibilities of Loneliness in a Changing World: Performing Place in Withdrawn (Stuart Andrews) 18. The New Gay Loneliness? Desire and Urban Gay Male Cultures (Nicholas Manganas) 19. Loneliness in Cinema: A Pharmacological Approach (Angie Voela) Concluding Remarks by the Editors

Olivia Sagan is a Chartered Psychologist and Counsellor. She is Head of Division for Psychology and Sociology at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Eric Miller is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University, USA.

• Foreword by Professor John Harvey Introduction by the Editors Part 1. Inter and Intrapersonal Loneliness 1. Loneliness: an Overview (Philip S. Morrison and Rebekah Smith) 2. Loneliness and Relatedness: A Philosophical and Psychotherapeutic Account (Roger Frie) 3. The Lonely Side of War's Aftermath: Traumatization and Isolation among Veterans (Jacob Y. Stein and Zahava Solomon) 4. Sensemaking and Shared Grief in the Social Media Age (Peter Gloviczki) 5. Cyberloneliness: the Curse of the Cursor? (Eric D. Miller) 6. Loneliness in Lithuanian Transnational Families: ‘I am happy if my children are happy’? (Margarita Gedvilaite-Kordusiene) 7. Disconnections: Loneliness in the Lives of Mobile Singles (Maude Gauthier) 8. Narratives of Loneliness and Mental Ill Health in a Time of Neoliberalism (Olivia Sagan) 9. Adoption and Loneliness (Helen E. Lees) 10. Loneliness in Education: The Agony and the Enstasy (Julian Stern) Part 2. Loneliness: Place, Space and Identity 11. From Lonely Cities to Prosocial Places: How Evidence-Informed Urban Design Can Reduce the Experience of Loneliness (Rhiannon Corcoran and Graham Marshall) 12. ‘The Lonely City’: Urban Infrastructure and the Problem of Loneliness (Rob Imrie) 13. Homelessness and Modern Urban Loneliness (Sandra Costa Santos) 14. Loneliness in an Era of Mass Extinctions (Alette Willis) 15. Loneliness as an Occupational Hazard: Academic Identities and the Neoliberal Work Ethic (Yvonne Hill) 16. Isolated and Suicidal: Critically Assessing the Persistent Stereotype of Queer Youth as Isolated and Lonely on a Pathway to the Big City (Rob Cover) 17. The Possibilities of Loneliness in a Changing World: Performing Place in Withdrawn (Stuart Andrews) 18. The New Gay Loneliness? Desire and Urban Gay Male Cultures (Nicholas Manganas) 19. Loneliness in Cinema: A Pharmacological Approach (Angie Voela) Concluding Remarks by the Editors