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The book lost connections is a really good read on this. It points out the problems in modern society and our lives that lead to depression rather than it just
by ChildOfChaos 4y ago
The book lost connections is a really good read on this.
It points out the problems in modern society and our lives that lead to depression rather than it just being something that can be solved with a pill.
Things like our lack of connection to meaningful work, our lack of connection to each other and our lack of connection to nature all play a big part.
- richardatlarge 4y agoI recommend “The Cult of Pharmacology,” which long ago characterized this serotonin theory as bio-babble reductionism
- falafelite 4y agoI found the author to have cherry-picked and poorly-cited information earlier on in the book when talking about antidepressants, and then a complete lack of rigor when discussing the various lost connections. I think he has a point, but I just didn't find it very well done, and as another comment here has quoted: > Other clinicians say, however, that the notion of depression being because of a simple chemical imbalance is outmoded anyway, and that antidepressants remain a useful option for patients alongside other approaches including talking therapies. It is also notable that the author has had plagiarism issues and other questionable behaviors in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hari#Plagiarism_and_fabrication_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hari#Plagiarism_and_fab...
- 127 4y agoThere's also the driving our novelty seeking brains into overdrive with all kinds of artificial stimulants, including this very forum.
- n0tth3dro1ds 4y agoSounds like Kaczynski’s “power process” in Industrial Society