Loneliness: The Undetected Illness

Loneliness is a disease – an alarming message, which has been proved by numerous scientific studies. Lonely people suffer more often from cancer, heart attacks, strokes, depression and dementia. Thus, loneliness is the leading cause of death in the Western world, according to Manfred Spitzer. He is the first to describe pathogenic loneliness and which serious impact it has on body and soul. His book is a disturbing appeal to a society which is still considering loneliness an attractive wellness retreat for the stressed out ones. 

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  • Publisher: Droemer HC
  • Release: 01.03.2018
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-27676-1
  • 320 Pages
  • Author: Manfred Spitzer
Loneliness: The Undetected Illness
Manfred Spitzer Loneliness: The Undetected Illness
Michael Chiaretta
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Manfred Spitzer

Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Spitzer, born in 1958, studied medicine, psychology and philosophy and subsequently gained his doctorate in psychiatry. He was twice a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. He heads up the psychiatry department at Universitätsklinik in Ulm and the Transfer Center for Neuroscience and Learning. He has published numerous books, including the bestsellers: Lernen, Vorsicht Bildschirm!, Digitale Demenz, Cyberkrank and Einsamkeit. Manfred Spitzer is one of the most important German brain researchers. Hardly anyone else can present findings as pithily and clearly as him.