Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression—and the Unexpected Solutions

• Science & Health

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 antidepressants 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. He learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong, and found doctors and scientists with alternative methods that really work.