About The Book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically newway of thinking about depression and anxiety

What really causes depression and anxiety - and how can we really solve them? Awardwinning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child andstarted taking anti-depressants when he was a teenager. He was told that his problemswere caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the socialsciences, he began to investigate whether this was true - and he learned that almosteverything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.

Across the world, Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence thatdepression 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 tookhim from a mind-blowing series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community inIndiana, to an uprising in Berlin. Once he had uncovered nine real causes of depressionand 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 ourculture today. 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. Thisbook will do the same.

About The Author

Johann Hari is the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream. He wasa columnist for the Independent in London for nine years and was twice namedNewspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International UK. He has written for theNew York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Slate, the NewRepublic and the Nation. He has been awarded the Comment Award for Cultural