May is Mental Health Awareness Month, an annual observance to raise awareness and promote understanding. In a health advisory released this week, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, said that loneliness poses serious mental and physical health risks that cost the health industry billions of dollars annually. In the advisory, he calls for Americans to strengthen the nation’s social fabric and to prioritize meaningful relationships.
Research shows that Americans have become less engaged with houses of worship, community organizations and family members in recent decades, and are increasingly reporting feelings of loneliness, according to a report by the Associated Press. Isolation during the Covid pandemic heightened the problem.
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