Is loneliness a feasible treatment target in psychosis?

Loneliness is a challenge for individuals with psychosis; however, interventions rarely target loneliness in this group.

We developed a pilot positive psychology group intervention designed to reduce loneliness in psychosis and examined its feasibility and acceptability.

Sixteen participants attended 5.38 (SD = 0.70) out of six sessions, with a dropout rate of 10%. Participants were significantly less lonely at post-treatment (p < 0.001, d = 1.51), and maintained their improvements from post-treatment to follow-up (p = 0.81, d = 0.07).

Loneliness may be a feasible and acceptable treatment target within psychosocial treatments.