The Loneliness Epidemic and its Consequences

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• January 1st, 2021
• alcohol, heart disease, loneliness, opioids, physical health, social isolation, social media, winter 2021 issue
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Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy described loneliness as an epidemic long before the Coronavirus emerged and disrupted relationships in ways we might never have imagined (McGregor, 2017). Despite extraordinary advances in telecommunications technologies that have enabled us to connect in...