The Biggest Cliche of All Time, but It's True

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The way we find happiness in life is by doing good, either to ourselves or with others. There's a thousand ways you can bring a little bit of brightness in thad. I thin ther's ealy important stories in this book, and a lot of things be will learn. But i think the reaction of most people who read this book will be, this has really been all and obvious. We have been trained to think about problems like depression, anxiety and addiction in a radically different way.

Author and journalist Johann Hari talks about his book, Lost Connections: Why You Are Depressed and How to Find Hope, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hari, who has suffered with depression as a teenager and an adult, offers a sweeping critique of the medical establishment's understanding of depression and the frequent reliance on pharmaceutical treatments. Hari argues that it is our lost connections with each other, with our work, and with ourselves that explains the rise in depression in recent times.