Der Welt nicht mehr verbunden

Since his childhood, Johann Hari has suffered from anxiety, feelings of sadness, and an endless emptiness. At eighteen, he receives the diagnosis: depression. This is followed by years of treatment with antidepressants. However, despite dosage adjustments and phases of improvement, Hari feels that depression has a grip on him. He begins to question the medical strategy: Are depressions necessarily due to a biochemical imbalance in the brain? Can medication be a long-term solution? And what role does the pharmaceutical industry play in this?

What he discovers radically overturns his perspective. For our interpretation of depression, there is no evidence whatsoever. On the contrary. After numerous conversations with medical professionals, psychologists, social scientists, and individuals affected around the world, he realizes: The true causes of depression lie elsewhere - and we can do something about them. A personal account and insightful social analysis at the same time, Hari's book resonates with the spirit of our time.