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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

Name: Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Author: Vivek H Murthy M.D.
ISBN: 9780062913296

Vivek H Murthy M.D. · 2020 · 352 pages

In this groundbreaking book, Murthy argues that loneliness is the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and is responsible for the upsurge in suicide, the opioid epidemic, the overuse of psych meds, the over-diagnosing and pathologizing of emotional and psychological struggle. The good news is that social connection is innate and a cure for loneliness. In Together, the 19th Surgeon General will address the importance of community and connection and offer viable and actionable solutions to this overlooked epidemic.

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Ben Silbermann
“An extraordinary and essential book for our time. With powerful stories and sobering truths, the author does a masterful job of showing how, even in the digital age, there’s no substitute for authentic human connection.”↗
Susan Cain
“Sometimes the most obvious thing is the hardest to see. Thank goodness we have this author to light the way toward understanding loneliness and its dark corners. This book is a gift for us all.”↗
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