For a long time there was an exclusion of sorts, which was for grief. If you lost a child or loved one it could be quite normal to struggle to return to normal life in the face of that. I learned about it initially from a remarkaboman named doctor joanne cassia toray who is now arguably the leading expert on dramatic grief the united states. And she discovered very high percentage of parents whose children die are given antidoprescents and indeed, even anti psychotics. A huge number of given sedatives immediately after their children's death,. often for quite long periods of time. Very often their grief is deeply pathologized by the mental health system. So they
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.