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Author Topic: Online communities can help with loneliness — to a point  (Read 10 times)

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A new episode from APM's mental health initiative “Call to Mind" explores how loneliness affects mental and physical health, and how meeting an online community offline can help.
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/power-of-online-communities-when-dealing-with-loneliness/

Call to Mind's podcast on loneliness: https://www.calltomindnow.org/seeking-connection

FYI...A book from 2001:
The connection gap: Why Americans feel so alone - Laura Pappano

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0813529794&crid=2D7GLPGIRDHY7&sprefix=0813529794%2Caps%2C264&ref=nb_sb_noss
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