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USA Today | A loneliness 'epidemic' is affecting a staggering number of American adults

A person stands alone in front of a window

USA Today’s Nada Hassanein checked in with MCC’s Rick Weissbourd for this piece about the U.S. Surgeon General’s May 2023 advisory about loneliness and mental health.

“When you become anxious and depressed, you also are more prone to withdraw and less likely to reach out to people, and it becomes harder to develop close relationships in many respects,” Weissbourd said. “Society is not really structured to support and connect young adults.”