Johann Hari, "Lost Connections" (w/ Andrew Sullivan)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Johann Hari discusses his book, "Lost Connections" with Andrew Sullivan on 1/31/18.
Hari, author of Chasing the Scream, changed the terms of the debate about addiction with his influential TED talk, “Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong.” In his second book he uses his own experience with depression and anti-depressant medication as the starting point for a critique of current chemical-imbalance theories of mental illness. Asking if the growing levels of depression could be related to the conditions we live in, Hari talked to social scientists as well as psychologists. Finding a link between depression and external factors such as loneliness, work-based dissatisfaction, and other discontents of consumer culture, he reports from around the world on unconventional treatments-community volunteer projects instead of pills, non-hierarchical workplaces-that improve mental health by fostering a sense of empowerment.
Hari is in conversation with Andrew Sullivan, former editor of The New Republic, and the author or editor of six books.
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Thank you so much for this video guys; it's just what I needed to hear at this time of my life.
Kudos to you.
The problem with ssri's is that the drug companies were not honest about all of the research on their efficacy, which is not the first or last time this has happened. Big Pharma is not run by scientists or doctors, they are run by rich CEO's who only want to get richer. If that wasn't the case, they wouldn't be making the ridiculous amount of money they make. There may be some sort of serotonin imbalance in the brain, but giving a pill doesn't solve the problem in most cases. My theory is that genetics plays a part on how our brains absorb nutrients and hormones, and how these factors interact with the neurotransmitters in the brain. It's like a car engine that stops running because it is not getting gasoline, yet the gas tank is full - it stops running because the gas line from the gas tank to the engine has been cut off. Adding gas to the gas tank won't solve the problem, the supply line to the engine must be repaired. And Big Pharma knows this, but since they don't know how to fix this, they're content to keep making huge profits misleading the world on drugs that in most cases don't work and in many cases have severe side effects.
That's not the problem ... that is exactly what they wanted ... just drug people out and stigmatize them. This is the pattern of capitalism in the US, and much of the world ... the strong are taking the world away from people, and they are very depressed about it. Instead of bloody terror and genocide they are killing people by enslaving them and drugging them. This is a very revolutionary book and idea, but it doesn't just stop with anti-depressants ... it is food, it is education, it is entertainment ... it is everything we have been bit by bit backed into a corner for most Americans. His story about the Cambodian gentleman was very nice and simple.
Thank you , it help a lot .
i think if you tackle the stress that causes the depression it would be more effective in my view its very holistic out look needed
it's true were pack animals .you die on your own that's why fear of rejection is so strong
When Johann was talking about giving people $15,000.00 for 3 years and how depression went down by 9%. My question is...where does the money come from, somebody is paying. I am just wondering. By the way...love Johann Hari's books. :)
Epicurus?
Psychiatric meds, like most other treatments, are not meant to be cures; they're administered to relieve or reduce some of the major symptoms. From that perspective, they are enormously successful, especially when combined with therapies that help restore some of the 'lost connections' that Hari talks about.
2Majesties yes you are correct, there's nothing new in this book but it needs repeating.
80 yrs ago alcoholics anonymous said self centeredness is the problem. They're right.
i thought this was common sense it is in Europe
life is tough Srri do work but only a plaster
A very leftist audience. These folks naturally see a collectivist sollution to depression. But one who is more comfortable as an individualist will get a similar result just by listing all of the things he or she has been putting off - and doing them. Depression is a call to action, for the most part. It's our brain busting our balls for being unproductive and - to dovetail into the author's theory - risking our place in the tribe. Unfortunately we now elevate victimhood, and decry what used to be called 'tough love' as 'victim blaming'.