Building Resilient Relationships

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
² Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.

Manasi Kumar et al. JAMA Psychiatry. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 1;82(1):6-8.

doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3400.

¹ Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
² Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York.

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This Viewpoint advocates for a targeting therapeutic intervention for the amelioration of loneliness and related mental health problems.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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