The mental health stigma

You don’t look depressed. Chances are if you struggle with depression you’ve heard that once or twice, or dozens of times on a seemingly never ending loop. If you have a broken bone you can be diagnosed via an x-ray or CT. If you have cancer, there are blood tests or MRI scans that can catch it. If you get sick, rapid tests or PCR will tell you if it’s COVID. But how do you diagnose depression?

May 5, 2022 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year three, Mental health | Tags: anxiety, depression, health, healthcare, medicine, Mental health, mental illness, neuroscience, PTSD, public health, science, writing | 4 Comments