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Chronic loneliness has been linked to physical (e.g., cancer, stroke, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease) and psychological (e.g., depression and schizoid pathology, impaired cognition and personal determination, sleep disturbance, suicide, alcoholism and substance abuse) difficulties. As we can see from the variety of manifestations loneliness is often a complex phenomena in both its aetiology and presentation.

The aims of Symposium 2012 are to explore this vast domain from a broad psychoanalytic perspective. Our introductory speaker, Lucille Spira, will open the day by framing the topic with a series of questions: Why is it so difficult for some people to find the connections that they say that they want? What makes people lonely? Is it due to desire, a deep sense of longing for someone, or fear, the result of feeling unsafe, unloveable, or toxic? Three panels will then provide a special emphasis on: Loneliness as revealed by the artists, the clinical dimensions of loneliness, and Loneliness/solitude in the Psychoanalytic Training Process.
We hope you’ll come and join us on this important topic.