Fighting Loneliness: Do You See the Signs in Your Patients? With Andrew Johnston, RDH

In this episode we look closer at what happens to the brain’s neural pathway for lonely people. What we think of as being “sad” is actually a lot more dangerous. Listen here about what is happening, what are the signs, and how you can help your lonely patients, friends, and family. https://www.who.int/news/item/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-loneliness-reshapes-the-brain-20230228/ https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-deal-with-loneliness#resources
March 10, 2023
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In this episode we look closer at what happens to the brain’s neural pathway for lonely people. What we think of as being “sad” is actually a lot more dangerous. Listen here about what is happening, what are the signs, and how you can help your lonely patients, friends, and family.

https://www.who.int/news/item/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide 

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-loneliness-reshapes-the-brain-20230228/
https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-deal-with-loneliness#resources 

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