STEVE: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
OUR PANELISTS HAS A NEW BOOK
OUT, "LOST CONNECTION,
UNCOVERING THE REAL CAUSES OF
DEPRESSION AND THE UNEXPECTED
SOLUTIONS."
YOU TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER BUT
TELL US THE STORY.
>> THERE WAS A MYSTERY HANGING
OVER ME WHEN I STARTED TO
RESEARCH THE BOOK.
WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
CULTURE BECOMING DEPRESSIONED.
TIME.
TO MY DOCTOR, EXPLAINED I HAD A
DEEP SENSE OF PAIN, I FEEL
ASHAMED, I COULDN'T REGULATE.
I THOUGHT THE PAIN WAS LEAKING
OUT OF ME.
MY DOCTOR TOLD ME A STORY, WE
KNOW WHY YOU FEEL THIS WAY,
THERE'S A CHEMICAL SERE TO
ANYONE.
SOLUTION IS JUST A DRUG.
AS I SPENT THREE YEARS
RESEARCHING THIS,DY COVERED WHAT
CAUSES DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, I
DISCOVER THAT WAS WAY TO
SIMPLISTIC FLP ARE NINE CAUSINGS
FOR WHICH THERE'S SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE, LOTS OF WHICH ARE
INCREASING AND PLAYING OUT IN
FRONT OF US IN WAYS THAT REQUIRE
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
STEVE: WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC
>> I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
IF YOU FEEL CONTROLLED AT WORK,
YOU ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO
BECOME DEPRESSED.
ANINESS.
WE'RE THE LOAN
WE'RE THE LONN
DO YOU HAVE WHEN YOU CAN CALL ON
IN A CRISIS.
TODAY THE MOST COMMON ANSWER WAS
NONE.
WHAT WOULD BE AN ANTIDEPRESSANT
FOR THAT.
REALLY FASCINATING.
A DOCTOR IN EAST LONDON WAS
REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
HE HAD LOADS OF PATIENTS COMING
TO HIM WHO WERE ACUTELY
DEPRESSED.
HE WAS TOLD TO OFFER NOTHING BUT
DRUGS.
HE PIONEERED A DIFFERENT
APPROACH.
A WOMAN CALLED LISA CUNNINGHAM
CAME TO HER, HAD ACUTE
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY.
HE SAID I'LL GIVE YOU THE DRUGS
BUT I'M GOING TO PRESCRIBE TO
YOU TO TAKE PART IN A GROUP.
THERE WAS AN AREA SCRUB LAND
NEXT TO THE DOCTOR'S SURGERY, HE
SAID I'M GOING TO TURN UP TO
SUPPORT YOU.
I WANT YOU TO MEET WITH OTHER
PEOPLE TWICE A WEEK.
STEVE: WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS,
IT FEELS LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS THAT BECOME BUREAUCRATIC.
THIS IS SUCH A HUMAN RESPONSE.
>> THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE IN
DEPRESSION.
>> OH, SEE, THE CAUSE OF IT,
YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> AND WE'VE LOST A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ON OUR CELL PHONES, WE
HAVE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS ONLINE.
BUT INSTEAD WE GO TO DINNER WITH
SOMEONE AND WHAT DO YOU DO,
YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE.
WE'VE BECOME ISOLATED IN
SOCIETY.
WE CAN GO BACK TOO THE '50s
WHEN PEOPLE GOT IN THEIR CARS,
THEY DROVE FROM WORK TO HOME AND
NOW WITH YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN AN
ISOLATED WORLD.
STEVE: THAT PROGRAM, THAT
GARDENING PROGRAM AS THE GARDEN
BEGAN TO BLOOM WE BEGAN TO
BLOOM.
FOUND IT WAS MORE THAN TWICE AS
EFFECTIVE AS CHEMICALS.
>> IT'S ALL FASCINATING STUFF.
I DO THINK -- I'M SURE YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO BE SURPRISED TO
HEAR ME SAY I BALKED AT THE IDEA
OF A GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THIS
KIND OF STUFF BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT -- I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD
BE TALKING ABOUT POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS THAT AFFECT OUR KIDS
AND MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR MENTAL
HEALTH.
AND I DO -- I AGREE WE'RE
WARNING.
BUT I THINK YOU MADE A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT THERE WHICH IS
THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND THE
GOVERNMENT BACKING FOR IT IS
WHAT'S PUSHING ALL OF THIS.
>> WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS
EXPAND.
CHECK E CHEMICAL ANTI-DRESSANTS
CAN REMAIN ON THE TABLE.
I TALKED ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN.
AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE ONES DEAL
WITH THE REASONS WHY WE'RE IN
THE PAIN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
STEVE: READ THE BOOK, SEE THE
SOLUTIONS AND I JUST LOVE THIS