The Importance of Being Present in a Classroom

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"Anxiety tends to grow geometrically. If you're anxious and you're around somebody else's anxious, your anxiety does not double," he says. "I believe in evil is the second smartest force on the planet." 'We can't give people what we don't have,' U of Virginia med school dean adds. "'If I'm feeling overwhelmed with my own light, it's very, very difficult for me to pay attention to yours' ... We want to become not just proficient but really affect it at what we do," Dr. John writes.

Scholars, journalists, practitioners, and other thought leaders all agree — we’re facing a loneliness epidemic that’s as grave a threat to public health as obesity or substance abuse. Where do we go from here?

In this Forum from 2019 at the University of Minnesota, psychiatrist Curt Thompson discusses human flourishing and community. When it comes to mental health, he says, don’t go it alone.

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