American Hospital Association December 4, 2023
December is a happy holiday season for many Americans who plan celebrations and spend time connecting and gathering with family and friends. Yet the year-end holidays can have a significant impact on people’s physical health and mental well-being — buoying our spirits at times while also eliciting feelings of anxiousness and stress and, for some, loneliness and sadness.
Earlier this year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., released the publication “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community.”
In this advisory report, Murthy shares that during his extensive travels across the country so many people he met — of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds — expressed feelings of...
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