• Question: What mental illness do you believe should have the most attention within psychology research?

    Asked by anon-184165 to Tom, sarahhodge, Owen, Nathan, Lorna, Abbie on 7 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Abbie Jordan

      Abbie Jordan answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      This is a tricky one and making me think. I think I would say depression as I know that rates are rising and I think that if we can do better at managing this in young people, we can improve things for adults too (as they become those adults). It would help to reduce rates of suicide and self-harm indirectly too. It’s a tough call between that an anxiety as that is a huge issue too and seems to be affecting even younger children these days.

      What do you think? I would be interested to hear your thoughts about this.

    • Photo: Nathan Hook

      Nathan Hook answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      I agree it’s depression – it’s very wide spread and often fatal (look up the suicide rate, especially for men).

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