Here are several recent items focusing on solitude, two from medical journals:
“Pathological and non-pathological hikikomori: social media use, digital engagement, and therapeutic implications,” article in the Journal of Psychiatry. URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1596504/full
“Impact of self-stigma of loneliness on psychological distress in older adults: mediation effect of relative deprivation and moderation effect of positive solitude,” article in BMC Geriatrics. URL: https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-025-05904-x
More popularly, from the web site Psyche: “Solitude can be profoundly restorative. Here’s how to savour it.”URL: https://psyche.co/guides/solitude-can-be-profoundly-restorative-heres-how-to-savour-it