The Evan Bray Show - Zach Rausch - December 14th, 2023

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Experts around the globe are sounding the alarm - we are in the midst of a far-reaching mental health crisis. Zach Rausch is an Associate Research Scientist at New York University. He is the Chief Researcher to Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt, working on his two upcoming books, "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness" and "Life After Babel: Adapting to a World We No Longer Share." Zach joins Evan to discuss the causes behind the ongoing mental health crisis.
14 Dec 2023 10AM English Canada News Commentary

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