<p>The world of emotions is complex, but medical sociologist Dr. Kelly MacArthur knows one thing for sure: racial, gender, and class inequality causes loneliness. We need to tackle loneliness at its root and work on these underlying causes. At the same time, doctors need to evaluate connection levels.</p>

The world of emotions is complex, but medical sociologist Dr. Kelly MacArthur knows one thing for sure: racial, gender, and class inequality causes loneliness. We need to tackle loneliness at its root and work on these underlying causes. At the same time, doctors need to evaluate connection levels.

What Social Issues Cause Loneliness and Should Doctors Treat It?

In How Not to Get Eaten by a Cat, Neha Gajwani interviews experts to understand what connection and loneliness actually are, what happens in our bodies when we feel lonely, and what we might do fight loneliness and build more fulfilling lives. She talks to psychotherapists, neuroscientists, historians, connection researchers, sociologists, really connected people, and really disconnected people to start to answer how we can be healthier and happier.

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What Social Issues Cause Loneliness and Should Doctors Treat It?

What Social Issues Cause Loneliness and Should Doctors Treat It?