After his initial personal comments about how the topic has affected his own life, he jumps into nine 'disconnections' (or how we commonly get to our depressed states), and then responds to those by having the reader consider seven proposed methods to 'reconnect.' (Trust me, there's a logic to it all.) At one point in the book, he admits his work might end up in the self-help section of our local bookstores, but I find the book more personal and the presentation more investigative journalism than a stereotypical self-help work. Many times he projects himself as just an average guy trying to chase down answers, sometimes in a rather flamboyant way, but he inevitably grabs hold of some serious research to focus his study, at each point along the journey, and we can take him much more seriously. The initial part of the book is a memoir, which leads him and his readers to his book's topic of depression and anxiety. Much like the previous book I read from this author, Chasing the Scream, I saw his propensity toward using various approaches to his topic and to his writing. It shows that once we understand the real causes, we can begin to turn to pioneering new solutions – ones that offer real hope. Lost Connections offers a radical new way of thinking about this crisis. Some are in our biology, but most are in the way we are living today. Why? Across the world, scientists have uncovered evidence for nine different causes. 'Brilliant for anyone wanting a better understanding of mental health' ZOE BALLĭepression and anxiety are now at epidemic levels. 'The more people read this book, the better off the world will be' NAOMI KLEIN

'Brilliant, stimulating, radical' MATT HAIG 'One of the most important texts of recent years' BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE 'This amazing book will change your life' ELTON JOHN

'A book that could actually make us happy' SIMON AMSTELL THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: A radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety

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