Johann Hari, Sonali Kolhatkar (Rising Up); Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression -- and the Unexpected Solutions
Nearly every single one of us knows someone who suffers from [clinical] depression. Perhaps we have been diagnosed ourselves.
Nearly 7% of the American population is estimated to have had at least one depressive episode in their lifetimes.
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| It's social, shame, sexual, NOT all in our heads. |
Scientists have for years acted as if depression arises from a "chemical imbalance" in the brain -- not enough of the happy brain chemical serotonin.
So pharmaceutical companies began offering toxic chemical answers in the form of anti-depressants like Prozac, Paxil, or Zoloft.
But what if this conventional view of depression and anti-depressants is wrong?
But what if this conventional view of depression and anti-depressants is wrong?
Award-winning journalist Johann Hari -- whose powerful book about addiction, Chasing the Scream, became a New York Times bestseller -- has set his sights on depression, coming at it from the point of view of someone who spent years taking toxic anti-depressants.
What he found through his years-long global journey and hundreds of interviews with experts is distilled into a new book called Lost Connections: Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression – And the Unexpected Solutions.
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Johann Hari: The New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and others. His TED talk, "Everything You Know About Addiction is Wrong" has been viewed over 21 million times.
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