Week 22: The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidth is a sociologist, and in this book he examines the decline in mental health among adolescents around the world. He observes the link between the rise in depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide with the introduction of smart phones in 2010. He offers plenty of evidence and statistics that suggest this rise in mental health issues among people is in large part due to, what he calls, ‘the great rewiring of childhood’.

 

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Book mentioned:

Stolen Focus by Johan Hari

 

Further materials: 

1. anxiousgeneration.com 
2. The Online Supplement: anxiousgeneration.com/supplement
3. The After Babel Substack: afterbabel.com