What is loneliness, what is depression and ultimately what is suicide and what causes each? Is it part of the nature of our human condition? Is it a feeling or a thought we can describe? Does age, personality, or social contact matter? What are the symptoms? Can we recognize a lonely student from the crowd? Can we notice an lonely or depressed student in our classroom? How do causes and consequences of loneliness impact our Learning? How should we intervene to ease loneliness that leads to depression? What part of loneliness will lead to depression, and how does it play the biggest role in the normal development of students during their school years? Some special challenges and pathology involving loneliness /depression/suicide will be explored as well as cultural implications and the global perspective.
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