Loneliness after brain injury

Dr Stephen Dunne, a researcher and senior lecturer in psychology discuss how people define and experience loneliness after brain injury.

Interviewed by Emma Lyons, Personal Injury Senior Associate at Stewarts.

Dr Dunne has been conducting an impressive research project considering how brain injury survivors have experienced life in lockdown and how this compares to non-brain injured people’s experiences.

The pandemic has caused many to have their first real experience of prolonged social isolation. The lifting of restrictions has given hope to and served as a release for many, marking the end to isolation and loneliness. However, it appears that for those living with a brain injury, these experiences may well continue to affect their lives just as they did before the pandemic.

Dr Dunne discuss the preliminary findings of the research project and considered the difference between isolation and loneliness; how this is defined by various groups; and how loneliness may impact upon those caring for brain injury survivors.

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