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Course Description

Loneliness can make you sick! Loneliness can lead to diabetes, stroke, dementia and heart attacks. It is as dangerous as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day and can create more health issues than obesity. Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States made combating loneliness the Number One priority of his time in office.  England's Parliament instituted a Minister of Loneliness.  In this course, we will examine the damaging effects of the loneliness epidemic, how being lonely impacts not only our emotional health but is deleterious to our physical health as well.  We will learn how and why loneliness sets off the same pain centers in the brain as physical pain, and define the difference between loneliness and solitude. 

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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