Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope

 
　　半個多世紀以來，隨著人們對於生理解剖、神經、內分泌等研究的日新月異，以及精神藥物的推陳出新。今日對於憂鬱症、焦慮症等精神疾病的主流思想是，這些疾患來自人體腦內化學平衡的失調。作者約翰．海利從孩提時期被診斷出患有憂鬱症，在這種強勢的醫學觀點下，他從青少年時代開始便服用抗憂鬱劑藥物。
 
　　長大成人後，海利立志要調查究竟這種對精神疾病的認識是否可信，隨著各方社會學者的研究證據相繼指出──憂鬱症及焦慮並不是因為腦內化學不平衡所致，事實上，這些病症來自於我們當代的生活方式。在本書這趟壯闊的旅程裡，海利介紹了巴爾地摩的驚人研究、印地安那州的阿米什社群（Amish）、柏林…他整理出九個真正造成憂鬱與焦慮的肇因，以及科學家發現的七個─真正有效的─改善方法。
 
　　一如在TED上目前已有超過八百萬人次點閱的革命性演講「你對上癮的所有認知都是錯的」，與在全球掀起革命的《追逐尖叫》。本書是對於當代最為普遍的心理困境─憂鬱症與焦慮症─至關重要的重新認識。（文/博客來編譯）


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　　From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety
 
　　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 anti-depressants 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 - and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.
 
　　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. In fact, they are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. 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. 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.
 
　　It is an epic journey that will change how we think about one of the biggest crises in our culture 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. This book will do the same.
 
Review
 
　　If you have ever been down, or felt lost, this amazing book will change your life. Do yourself a favour - read it now (Elton John)
 
　　Lost Connections offers a wonderful and incisive analysis of the depression and alienation that are haunting American society (Hillary Rodham Clinton)
 
　　Wise, probing and deeply generous Hari has produced a book packed with explosive revelations about our epidemic of despair ... I am utterly convinced that the more people read this book, the better off the world will be (Naomi Klein)
 
　　A brilliant, stimulating, radical take on mental health (Matt Haig)
 
　　This book is a game changer (Davina McCall)

　　A prescient and compassionate Rosetta Stone for those trying to understand mental illness. Beautiful (Russell Brand)
 
　　Extraordinary ... A highly personal book, written with humility, humour and candour, it nonetheless heralds a crucial new discussion about our mental health - and health of the world we’ve created for ourselves . I honestly couldn’t put it down. What a stunning piece of work (Brian Eno)
 
　　As with his book on drugs, Johann Hari has delivered a remarkable tour de force on a difficult, complex and controversial subject and made the reader think anew (Alastair Campbell)
 
　　This is a bold and inspiring book that will help far more than just those who suffer from depression. As Hari shows, we all have within us the potential to live in ways that are healthier and wiser (Arianna Huffington)
 
　　An exquisitely lucid treatise on why no person is, has been or ever should be an island. This book is the most exciting thing I’ve read this year. From slightly seedy to suicidal - however you are feeling - read this book and it will honestly help you to understand which roads we must walk if we want to see true, lasting change (Emma Thompson)