Reconnecting after Isolation: Coping with Anxiety, Depression, Grief, PTSD, and More

The book "Reconnecting after Isolation" provides practical tips and strategies for managing the emotional impact of social isolation and emotional crisis, drawing on research and interviews with psychologists. It offers guidance on developing coping skills, facing fears, adapting to changes, finding mental health care, building resilience, and maintaining contact with others. The author emphasizes the importance of social interaction and meaningful relationships for overall well-being and offers a compassionate and accessible approach to recovery.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 03 January 2023
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Spending time alone for short periods may be restorative and helpful, but unintentional or involuntary isolation can have profound detrimental effects on emotional and physical health. We all need social interaction and meaningful relationships in our lives to be well and thrive. Without them, we flounder.

In Reconnecting after Isolation, Dr. Susan J. Noonan draws on our collective experience of the COVID-19 pandemic to help readers deal with the emotional impact of social isolation. Speaking as both a provider and recipient of mental health care services, Noonan combines her professional and personal experiences in an evidence-based and practical guide. Drawing on meticulous research and interviews with four psychologists, she outlines steps to overcome the emotional trauma of isolation.

The book touches on how social isolation, loneliness, and stress affect each of us individually and can sometimes provoke depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidality, and substance use. Describing specific lifestyle interventions that may help, it offers tips for developing effective coping skills, facing isolation-induced fears, adapting effectively to the changes in our personal, family, work, academic, and social lives caused by imposed isolation, finding effective, culturally sensitive mental health care, improving sleep hygiene, building and maintaining resilience, adopting a healthy diet, overcoming the fatigue burnout, grieving a loss, engaging in regular physical exercise, keeping a daily routine or structure, and maintaining contact with others.

Dr. Noonan also discusses re-entry anxiety, the challenging experience many have upon returning to social interactions and activities after periods of isolation.

In conclusion, Reconnecting after Isolation is a valuable resource for anyone dealing with the emotional impact of social isolation. By combining personal and professional experiences, Dr. Noonan provides an evidence-based and practical guide to overcoming the trauma of isolation and building resilience. The book offers valuable tips for developing effective coping skills, facing isolation-induced fears, adapting to changes in our lives, finding mental health care, improving sleep hygiene, building resilience, adopting a healthy diet, overcoming fatigue burnout, grieving a loss, engaging in physical exercise, keeping a daily routine, and maintaining contact with others. Whether you are experiencing social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic or for other reasons, this book can help you reconnect and thrive.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781421444239