About the Authors

Mary Birken

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

m.birken@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Beverley Chipp

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Prisha Shah

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Rachel Rowan Olive

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit COVID-19 Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Patrick Nyikavaranda

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit COVID-19 Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Jackie Hardy

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Anjie Chhapia

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Nick Barber

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Stephen Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation The Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Research Network Co-Production Group, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Eiluned Pearce

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Brynmor Lloyd-Evans

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Rosie Perkins

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

David McDaid

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom

Theodora Stefanidou

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Roz Shafran

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Alexandra Pitman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Sonia Johnson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.