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Negative Expectations

A Country Doctor Writes

Andrea told me nobody in her family ever took an antidepressant, and none of her friends ever did. So we talked about St John’s Wort and other nonprescription alternatives, all less studied but without foreboding government-mandated warnings. Andrea Smythe needed something for her depression, but she was leery of medications.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They may have few family members, live alone. I called my parents, and we talked.

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