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Talking on the phone for 10 minutes could make you feel less lonely – 9Coach
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(CNN) — Talking to someone on the phone for 10 minutes multiple times a week if you’re in control of the conversation can decrease loneliness, a new study revealed.
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Half of the 240 study participants were selected to receive brief phone calls from volunteers over the course of a month, and they reported feeling 20 per cent less lonely on average, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
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