{"id":199,"date":"2020-09-03T16:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T06:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/orama\/?p=199"},"modified":"2021-02-25T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T04:50:28","slug":"the-guardian-the-unique-loneliness-of-covid-19-lockdown-when-you-live-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fimhwell\/2020\/09\/03\/the-guardian-the-unique-loneliness-of-covid-19-lockdown-when-you-live-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian: the unique loneliness of COVID-19 lockdown when you live alone."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Current restrictions, such as Stage 4 lockdowns in response to the second-wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne, has highlighted the issue of increased mental health issues experienced by people who live by themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In the article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/mike.kyrios\">Professor Mike Kyrios<\/a>, Director of the \u00d3rama Institute, suggested the idea of &#8220;bubble systems&#8221;, where people can nominate visitors, would be a brilliant idea and will help lessen the impact that isolation is having on the mental health of the general public.<\/p>\n<p>The full article can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/sep\/03\/it-gets-into-your-bones-the-unique-loneliness-of-coronavirus-lockdown-when-you-live-alone\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Current restrictions, such as Stage 4 lockdowns in response to the second-wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne, has highlighted the issue of increased mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2396,"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1301,1306,1409,1296,1299,1295,1408],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-covid-19","tag-expert-commentary","tag-media","tag-mental-health","tag-mike-kyrios","tag-orama-institute","tag-outreach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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