Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murth, M.D., 19th Surgeon General of the United States

In this groundbreaking book, Former Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy argues that loneliness is the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and is responsible for the upsurge in suicide, the opioid epidemic, the overuse of psych meds, the over-diagnosing and pathologizing of emotional and psychological struggle. The good news is that social connection is innate and a cure for loneliness. In Together, the former Surgeon General will address the importance of community and connection and offer viable and actionable solutions to this overlooked epidemic