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Overcoming Loneliness.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- 2 Minutes To Success ; Episode 114
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Loneliness.
- Mental health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Seven Dimensions, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Overcoming Loneliness is a helpful course is about loneliness and how to overcome it. Psychologist Peter Quarry explains that loneliness is bad for our physical and mental health. It can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, depression, and even dementia. The US Surgeon General has declared loneliness to be a public health crisis. Young people are especially impacted and those in middle age, even with many online connections. Psychologist Peter Quarry explains that positive social contact (quality, not always quantity) is the solution to the emotional and physical isolation that creates loneliness.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2024).
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI.
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