7/4/2023 0 Comments Book lost connections review![]() The psychologist Stuart Ritchie had this to say about him: Stylistically, the most annoying feature of Hari is that everything – even the milquetoast scientific consensus – is presented as a mind-blowing revelation. Hari has been frequently criticised for misrepresenting research, editing the Wikipedia pages of his detractors to discredit them, and plagiarism. Doing background research about the book reveals the depths of its issues. Hari is above all a sloppy writer, and I have many problems with his book. Lost Connections is about how antidepressants are wildly overprescribed, and how Big Pharma has marketed them as a panacea using dodgy science while ignoring the complex social and economic roots of depression and anxiety. If I had to summarise my main takeaway from this book, I would say this: People are mostly depressed because their lives are bad. The actual content of Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari is less self-help than the title would suggest. ![]()
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