Loneliness: The Silent Epidemic

Featured Speaker: Wendy Patrick, J.D, Ph.D.

Often invisible to others, loneliness is one of the most commonly experienced negative emotional states. Whether stemming from loss, lack of social connections, or clinical symptoms, feeling lonely can lead to depression, hopelessness, and lack of motivation. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This lecture will discuss the reasons people feel lonely, how such mental states progress, and how to reverse course.

Presenter Biography

Wendy Patrick, J.D, Ph.D., is a career prosecutor, SDSU business ethics lecturer, and media commentator with over 8,000 media appearances. She has a weekly political segment on Fox 5 San Diego and Blaze Radio, and she comments almost daily on politics in the media, including social media. Patrick is also a behavioral expert. She is the author of Red Flags and coauthor of the revised version of the New York Times bestseller Reading People. She also has her own column in Psychology Today

Coordinator: Ira Nelson