IACSIACSInt'l Academy for Consciousness Studies
School of Behavioral Health · A course at IACS

The Loneliness Epidemic

A risk factor the U.S. Surgeon General compared to smoking

Julianne Holt-Lunstad's meta-analytic research found chronic loneliness carries a mortality risk comparable to smoking, and the U.S. Surgeon General issued a formal 2023 Advisory naming it a public health crisis. This course covers the real science of social connection as a health variable, not just a feeling.

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