In 2023, the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, declared Americans were in the midst of a “loneliness epidemic.” Gallup estimates that 52 million U.S. adults still feel a sense of disconnect. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on World Mental Health Day fo...
LonelinessIsolationMental healthSatScanGeospatialIn 2021, the US Surgeon General issued a national advisory citing an epidemic of isolation and loneliness. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately half of people in the US reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness. ...
Murthy stated in this week's advisory that the stressors parents are experiencing have made them vulnerable to the nationwide epidemic of loneliness and isolation. "It also turns out that parents are struggling with loneliness at a much higher level than other adults, particularly single...
The stressors faced by parents include classic concerns about finances and their children’s health and safety as well as “new challenges like navigating technology and social media, a youth mental health crisis, [and] an epidemic of loneliness,” the surgeon general stated in a press r...
FormerUS Surgeon General Vivek Murthywrote last year that the most common clinical picture he experienced as a doctor was neither heart disease nor diabetes: “It was loneliness.”Vivek Murthyheaded the US Public Health Service underPresident Obama. ...
Murthy has published warnings about troubling health trends in American life, including social media use and loneliness. He's stayed away from issuing a similar advisory about gun violence since his 2014 confirmation as surgeon general was stalled and nearly derailed by the firearm lobby and Republic...
Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday.
It is seen that the constant use of social media platforms often leads individuals to experience feelings of inadequacy, dissatisfaction, isolation, and loneliness. These emotions could worsen into states of depression, anxiety, and stress. Anxiety is the mental health concern most associated with soc...
Publications and Reports of the Surgeon General. Protecting Youth Mental Health: The US Surgeon General’s Advisory. US Department of Health and Human Services; 2021. 2. Jeste DV, Lee EE, Cacioppo S. Battling the modern behavioral epidemic of loneliness: suggestions for research and...
"Loneliness has the same influence on health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, while obesity(肥胖) less than 10 cigarettes a day," he said in releasing the report.Nemecek's comments tallied with those of other leading public health specialists, including former Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, ...