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The Harvard Gazette checked in with MCC’s Milena Batanova about our research on the loneliness epidemic.
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"Compounded over months and years, loneliness can gradually become a self-fulfilling prophecy. And when the emergency sirens are already blaring, it can be difficult to make the changes necessary for a more fulfilling life."
How do we begin to treat the loneliness epidemic? This thoughtful essay in The New York Times offers some ideas.
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"Loneliness is traditionally defined as a gap between the relationships you have and the relationships you require," MCC’s Rick Weissbourd told Morningstar’s MarketWatch. Click through to read more about the loneliness epidemic in the U.S.
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This article in Harvard Medicine magazine looks at the high rates of loneliness among young people and related concerns over possible damage to their mental and physical health.
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This Newsweek piece about a woman seeking friendships through weekly dates with potential friends cites MCC’s loneliness report.
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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.
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“Probably our most effective way to reduce loneliness is if we take more care of the people in our lives,” MCC's Rick Weissbourd said in response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s May 2023 advisory on how loneliness negatively affects mental health. Read more in The Washington Post.
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In this article, Washington Post writer Petula Dvorak quotes MCC’s Rick Weissbourd and calls on adults to do more to support teen girls. She suggests that we can start by listening to them, believing them, and empowering them.
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Social isolation and loneliness can have devastating health consequences. This piece in Managed Healthcare Executive highlights MCC research and a program that used persona mapping and artificial intelligence to match users with trained peers who had similar experiences and could provide emotional support and companionship.
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This piece in TIME by MCC's Rick Weissbourd and Senator Chris Murphy challenges us to think about how we can balance individual autonomy and the common good and calls for a renewed commitment to community and collaboration to address the issues we face today.
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How can we effectively manage feelings of loneliness? Katie Couric Media checks in with MCC’s Rick Weissbourd about how loneliness can lead to self-defeating thoughts and also cause us to become more reflective about our relationships.
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The founders of SoulCycle, the wildly popular indoor cycling workout class, have launched a new venture focused on “relational fitness.” Fortune Well checked in with MCC’s Milena Batanova about whether the new wellness studio—called Peoplehood—could help alleviate loneliness and create connection.
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This piece in C2C Journal, a Canadian publication, cites MCC’s loneliness report and explores possible government responses to the loneliness epidemic.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of November 28, 2022.
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Opinion writer Steve Petrow cites MCC’s 2021 report on loneliness in this USA Today piece.
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Erica Pandey cites MCC’s report about loneliness in America in this Axios Finish Line piece highlighting statistics about loneliness in the United States.
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The Journal’s editorial staff cites MCC’s report on loneliness in this piece that examines the science suggesting that lonely people are less likely to vote.
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Modern society has torn us apart in many ways. Grown kids scatter across the country and around the globe. More people live alone than ever before. Polarized ideology divides family and friends. And perhaps most insidious, social media spotlights supposedly idyllic lives that can make our own existence seem isolated and pathetic. The result: We’re growing more and more lonely. And it’s killing us, figuratively and literally.
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Boston-based Friendshipworks and a new film are teaming up to combat loneliness. Learn more in this video from NBC featuring MCC’s Rick Weissbourd.
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