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Published on Jun 14, 2023

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Dr. Kendra Stewart-Nelson
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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1 The National Council for Wellbeing. (n.d.). Mental Health Awareness Month 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.

2 Weissbourd, R., Batanova, M., Lovison, V., Torres, E. (2021, February). Loneliness in America: How the Pandemic Has Deepened an Epidemic of Loneliness and What We Can Do About It. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved April 10, 2023.



Approved by the author of the blog post on June 5, 2023.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Grand Canyon University. Any sources cited were accurate as of the publish date.

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