MEPX
Chapter 7 of 10All chapters
  1. 1What psychology is
  2. 2Learning and conditioning
  3. 3Memory
  4. 4Development
  5. 5Social psychology
  6. 6Personality
  7. 7Mental health
  8. 8The replication crisis
  9. 9How to read a study
  10. 10Where it is used

Chapter 7 of 10

Mental health

Common, treatable, still stigmatised.

Prevalence

Anxiety and depression affect a large share of people at some point. Diagnoses describe clusters of symptoms rather than distinct diseases with known causes.

  • Talking therapies and medication both have evidence, often combined.
  • Diagnostic categories are revised as understanding changes.

An honest caution

Self-diagnosis from a course or an internet questionnaire is unreliable. Anyone struggling should speak to a qualified professional rather than reason from general material.