Johann Hari – A New Vision for Mental Health

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention

Author: Editorial 18th February 2022 0 Comments

With relevance to wellbeing (and improved sense-making), this book has been written by Johann Hari. The publishers say: “Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?For Stolen Focus, internationally…
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ADHD, attention span, diet, Impairment of sense-making, information overload, Johann Hari, sleep disruption, smartphones, social media, wellbeing

Everything You Know About Addiction Is Wrong

Author: Editorial 22nd October 2018 0 Comments

The TED-talk editors write: “What really causes addiction – to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail first-hand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their…
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addiction, environment, Johann Hari, New Approaches, TED Talk, videos, war on drugs

Lost Connections – Uncovering the real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions

Author: Editorial 9th July 2018 0 Comments

This book was written by Johann Hari (January, 2018). The publishers say: “What really causes depression and anxiety – and how can we really solve them? New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a…
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antidepressants, anxiety, books, depression, Johann Hari, New Approaches

Is everything you think you know about depression wrong?

Author: Editorial 15th January 2018 0 Comments

In this extract from his new book , Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 13 years, calls for a new approach: “In the 1970s, a truth was accidentally discovered about depression – one that was quickly swept aside, because its implications were too…
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anxiety, biochemical imbalance, books, contextual model, depression, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, grief exception, Johann Hari, pharmaceutical drugs

The Opposite Of Addiction is Connection: Do Stronger Human Connections Immunise Us Against Emotional Distress?

Author: Editorial 6th October 2017 0 Comments

On the Uplift Connect site, Jonathan Davis writes that a “new perspective on addiction is emerging”. He cites Johann Hari, author of Chasing The Scream (The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs), who “recently captured widespread public interest with his Ted talk…
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addiction, Chasing the Scream, emotional loss, Gabor Maté, Johann Hari, trauma, Uplift Connect, wellbeing