Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

In this groundbreaking book, Murthy argues that loneliness is the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and is responsible for the upsurge in suicide, the opioid epidemic, the overuse of psych meds, and the over-diagnosing and pathologizing of emotional and psychological struggle. The good news is that social connection is innate and a cure for loneliness. In Together, the 19th Surgeon General addresses the importance of community and connection and offers viable and actionable solutions to this overlooked epidemic.