Indeed, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described a “” that peaked, not surprisingly, at the height of the pandemic.

Source: https://www.jta.org/2023/05/17/ny/sophie-is-85-and-survived-the-holocaust-caroline-is-29-and-new-to-nyc-heres-how-they-became-fast-friends

The new numbers also coincide with the "epidemic of loneliness and isolation" by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy earlier this month.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/more-people-live-alone-during-the-epidemic-of-loneliness-census-bureau/article_114420bb-c386-53e3-9598-75a136876d92.html

The U.S. Surgeon General called free-falling adolescent mental health “the crisis of our time.”

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/i-was-a-child-prodigy-heres-the-dark-truth-no-one-ever-talks-about_uk_64c901bfe4b021e2f295a2f1