
Category: social isolation
U.S. Surgeon General Finds Loneliness Is As Deadly As ‘Smoking Up To 15 Cigarettes A Day’
United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is sounding the alarm on how social isolation can impact physical health. RELATED: New Study Explores How Black Women Experience Depression Differently Just How Harmful Can Loneliness Be? In an 81-page advisory titled Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation, Murthy argues, “The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a…