Loneliness/social isolation isn’t just a transient emotion or situation, it’s turned into a global crisis with serious public health consequences. In 2023, then–US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, ...

Emotional regulation is a child’s ability to understand, express, and manage their feelings in healthy ways. This skill ...

A few years ago, the surgeon general of the United States rang the alarm on loneliness by stating that it is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and more dangerous than obesity [1]. Loneliness ...

Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits.

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After facing a life-threatening health crisis, Ben Muñoz ’07 MBA built an online community that now connects tens of thousands of rare disease patients each month. When Ben Muñoz ’07 MBA suffered a ...