Medicine's Eileen Anderson explains why civic engagement protects against the dangers of isolation

Isolation is as dangerous as smoking. A study cites this Lorain group for bringing people together

ideastream: Eileen Anderson, the Anne Templeton Zimmerman MD Professor in Bioethics at the School of Medicine, addressed the importance of civic engagement and interaction rather than isolation. “We can get some pretty negative spirals going cognitively and it's part of why suicidality is much higher in groups who are isolated," said Anderson.