Courtney and Sydney discuss the surprising stats around loneliness, why it needs to be taken seriously, and what you can do to counteract loneliness.

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Citations below.

Cacioppo, J.T., Cacioppo, S. (2018). The growing problem of loneliness. The Lancet, 391(10119). https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(18)30142-9.pdf

Jeste, D. V., Lee, E. E., & Cacioppo, S. (2020). Battling the modern behavioral epidemic of loneliness: suggestions for research and interventions. JAMA psychiatry, 77(6), 553. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc7483387/

Quinn, M. (2018). Loneliness may be a bigger public health threat than smoking or obesity: Governments are just starting to confront the issue. Online.https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-the-loneliness-epidemic.html

Veazie, S., Gilbert, J.A., Winchell, K., Paynter, R., Guise, J-M.(2019) Addressing social isolation to improve the health of older adults: A rapid review. Rockville, MD. https://europepmc.org/article/nbk/nbk537909

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