British journalist — author of Chasing the Scream (on the drug war), Lost Connections (on depression), and Stolen Focus (on attention) — who writes contrarian popular psychology that challenges official narratives on addiction, depression, and focus.
Creates the social context critique of mental health pathologization — Hari's Lost Connections argument (that depression is primarily caused by disconnection from meaningful work, relationships, and values, not by a chemical imbalance) challenged the dominant pharmaceutical model of depression and reached a mass audience.
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