![]() ![]() ![]() We can all create it, and benefit from it, and it is more urgent than ever that we start now. The solutions are deceptively simple and easily applicable – and the effects are transformative.Īnd one thing is clear: real human connection is a medical necessity if we want to stay healthy, emotionally and physically. His search led him to talk to doctors, scientists, parents and community members around the world. In this groundbreaking book, he traces the roots of the problem, and shows how loneliness lies behind some of our greatest personal and social challenges, from anxiety and depression to addiction and violence. When Obama appointed him Surgeon General of the United States, Dr Vivek Murthy observed the growing health crisis of isolation first-hand. But what effect is it having on us, and how can we treat it – even at a distance? The world seems more connected than ever, and yet loneliness is at epidemic levels. ![]() ‘If we come out of this pandemic with a greater commitment to leading a people centred life, and to building a people centred world, then we will have taken an extraordinarily difficult moment and put ourselves on a path of creating better lives and a stronger world …’ – Dr Vivek H Murthy In Together, Barack Obama’s former Surgeon General explores the global loneliness epidemic – and how we can overcome it. ![]() Together: Loneliness, Health and What Happens When We Find Connection by Vivek H Murthy is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers. ![]()
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