Loneliness: The Undetected Illness

Painful, Contagious, Deadly

  • An alarming wake-up call from bestselling author Manfred Spitzer
  • A highly topical debate book: Manfred Spitzer explores why loneliness makes us ill and the destructive impact it has
  • Total sales of Manfred Spitzer’s books exceed 500,000 copies
  • Including a new foreword

The Number-One Risk to Life

Loneliness can strike anyone: young and old, men and women, rich and poor. And those who are lonely are more likely than others to suffer from cancer, heart attacks, strokes, depression and dementia – this is the conclusion reached by numerous scientific studies. They all share the same message: loneliness is deadly!

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  • Publisher: Droemer TB
  • Release: 02.11.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-57316-7
  • 320 Pages
  • Author: Manfred Spitzer
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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.