Depression: real causes, real solutions (TED)

Johann Hari, TED Talk, The Weekend University, Feb. 17, 2019; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Johann Hari - Depression: The Real Causes (& Unexpected Solutions)

Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed...

(The Weekend University) What really causes depression and anxiety – and how can we really solve them?

In this talk award-winning journalist and author of Chasing the Scream Johann Hari discusses his recent 40,000-mile journey across the world, where he interviewed social scientists uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are not caused by a "chemical imbalance" in our brains.

Rather, they are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. Johann Hari’s journey took him from an Amish community in Indiana, to a mind-blowing series of experiments in Baltimore, to an uprising in Berlin.

Along the way he uncovered nine real causes of depression and anxiety, which eventually led him to the scientists who are discovering seven very different solutions – ones that really work.

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ABOUT: Johann Hari is a New York Times best-selling author. His book Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope has been translated into 15 languages and is currently being adapted into a major Hollywood film and into a non-fiction documentary series.

With over 20 million views, he is one of the most-watched TED speakers of all time. He has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and was twice named "National Newspaper Journalist of the Year" by Amnesty International.

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