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Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
Yes, and it's also complicated by the idea that loneliness and being alone are the same thing. In this article, some of the suggested antidotes to loneliness are getting a pet, finding a passion, traveling, altruism, and believing in a higher power. In most of those, other people are optional. Loneliness in that case is tied to how people look at themselves. It's the same with depression. It's not clear to me if one causes the other or if they're the same phenomenon with different labels.