Bloomsbury.com, author Johann Hari; Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
I was molested when I was a child. That's why I'm depressed and doctors can't cure me. |
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression -- and the Unexpected Solutions
OMG, they've been lying to us to sell us pills |
From the science journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream comes a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.
What really causes depression and anxiety -- and how can we really solve them? Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking anti-depressants when he was a teenager.
He was told that his problems were caused by "a chemical imbalance" in his brain.
As an adult trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate whether this was true -- and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.
Across the world Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are not caused by a chemical imbalance in our brains.
In fact, they are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today.
Hari´s journey took him from a mind-blowing series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin.
Once he had uncovered nine real causes of depression and anxiety, they led him to scientists who are discovering seven very different solutions -- ones that work.
It is an epic journey that will change how we think about one of the biggest crises in our culture today.
His TED talk -- "Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong" -- has been viewed more than 21 million times and revolutionized the global debate. This book will do the same for our view of depression.
– Elton John
“Lost Connections offers a wonderful and incisive analysis of the depression and alienation that are haunting American society.”
– Hillary Rodham Clinton
– Naomi Klein
“A brilliant, stimulating, radical take on mental health.”
– Matt Haig
“This book is a game changer.”
– Davina McCall
– Russell Brand
“Extraordinary...A highly personal book, written with humility, humor and candor, it nonetheless heralds a crucial new discussion about our mental health -- and health of the world we've created for ourselves… I honestly couldn't put it down. What a stunning piece of work.”
– Brian Eno
– Alastair Campbell
– Arianna Huffington
– Emma Thompson
– Glenn Greenwald
– George Monbiot
– Simon Amstell
– Jemima Khan
– Dr. Max Pemberton of The Daily Mail
“A bold call for a complete re-evaluation of what is causing the western epidemic of mental illness.”
– Isabel Hardman, Sunday Times
– Attitude Magazine
“Brilliant.”
– Liz Jones, Mail on Sunday
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