On August 12, 2025, Dr. Dilip V. Jeste, Director, Social Determinants of Health Network, and President-Elect, World Federation for Psychotherapy, will present a webinar, “Behavioral Pandemic of Loneliness, with Wisdom for its Prevention and Treatment” as part of the Alan Hu Foundation Mental Health Lecture Series. Dr. Jeste explains, “Loneliness is increasingly viewed as a silent pandemic in the 21st century. Loneliness increases the risk of physical and mental illnesses associated with higher mortality. Our recent studies have found a strong inverse relationship between loneliness and wisdom, both psychologically and biologically. I will discuss recommendations for strategies to promote compassion and wisdom at individual and community levels”. Alan Hu Foundation President, Xiaofang Chen is grateful for a generous grant from Three Valleys Community Foundation to support Dr. Jeste’s presentation.
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D. is former Senior Associate Dean for Healthy Aging and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego. He was a research fellow and later, Unit Chief at the National Institute of Mental Health before joining UCSD, where he worked for 36 years. Dr. Jeste has been principal investigator on numerous training and research grants, focusing on schizophrenia, neuropsychiatric interventions, and healthy aging. He has published 16 books and 800 peer-reviewed journal articles. A Past President of the American Psychiatric Association, a member of the NIH Council of Councils, and a TEDMED speaker, Dr. Jeste is listed in the Institute of Scientific Information list of the “world’s most cited authors”, and has received awards from NIMH, VA, APA, NAMI, NARSAD, and various organizations and universities. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
The free webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 6:30 – 7:30 PM via Zoom. It will include 15 minutes for questions and answers following Dr. Jeste’s presentation. Please RSVP by August 11, 2025, at: https://alanhufoundation.org/ to receive the Zoom meeting link. Participants may join beginning at 6:15 pm. The Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities at https://www.mhacc-usa.org will provide simultaneous Chinese interpretation.
The Alan Hu Foundation was created by Xiaofang Chen and Chih-Ching Hu in memory of their son, Alan. He passed away due to mental disorders in 2018 at the age of 15. Their mission is to promote mental health, raise awareness and remove stigma surrounding psychiatric disorders, and to support fundamental research for cures.
For further information and to support the Alan Hu Foundation, please visit the website: https://alanhufoundation.org/helping
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