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'You might think Lost Connections is a self-help title but in reality it's a book that aims to change society, not individuals.

'A bold call for a complete re-evaluation of what is causing the western epidemic of mental illness.' - The Sunday Times Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN: 9781408878729 Number of pages: 416 Weight: 287 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm MEDIA REVIEWS His TED talk - 'Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong' - has been viewed more than 8 million times and revolutionized the global debate. It is an epic journey that will change how we think about one of the biggest crises in our culture today. 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. 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. In fact, they are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. 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. 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. He was told that his problems were caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. What really causes depression and anxiety - and how can we really solve them?Īward-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking anti-depressants when he was a teenager. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.